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USAF record 28988969 (1960)

28988969

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 15 Sep 60

2. LOCATION Ramsey AFB, Puerto Rico

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 15/09/02

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS No

6. SOURCE Civilian and Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-25 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE one which broke up | NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object with a tail, size reports vary from the size of a pen to half-dollar, color reports vary from bluish-white to dusky red, tail approx 3-5 times the size of object, No sound, Object reported to have broken up into several fireballs, one report stated that object finally fell into ocean.

11. COMMENTS It is possible that this object was a very slow meteor, However it is more probably a reentry of the 1960 Espion vehicle, parts of which reentered during Sep and Oct 1960, Espion had an inclination of 64° therefore the heading would be about [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE.

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