USAF record 28987396
28987396
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MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 25 Jun 60
2. LOCATION Vicinity Midway Island
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 26/0846Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]
6. SOURCE Pilot and Co-pilot
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5-8 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Greenish-yellow ball, extremely brilliant, leaving impression of trail across sky, traveled with extremely high speed, Disappeared approx 15° above horizon separating into 2 pieces immediately prior to burnout. Intensity of light increased steadily until burnout.
11. COMMENTS Description and duration of sighting compare favorably with similar data from previous "fireball" sightings.
ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 25 Jun 60 2. LOCATION Vicinity Midway Island 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 26/0846Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW:…
- Page 2 52121 94199 RECEIVED 27 JUN 60 08 14 ATIC 1960 JUN 26 14 15 TELEPHONED TO [HW:Elliot Vick] NO. [HW:52121] [ILLEGIBLE] TIME [ILLEGIBLE] Date [ILLEGIBLE] Y - 14 ENGZOSQAISZCJYA049 ****'YY RJEDSQ DE…
- Page 3 BT CIRVIS REPORT X WV-2 BUNO 143202 X UNIDENTIFIED BALL GREENISH-YELLOW CWM EXTREMELY BRILLIANT LEAVING IMPRESSION OF TRAIL ACROSS SKY X SIGHTED AT 32-48N 175-15W X 260846Z X APPEARED 45 DEGREES…