USAF record 28990371
28990371
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CLARK, A. H. LANG PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 5 Dec 60
2. LOCATION 34°0N 140-27-30E Japan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 22H8 GMT [ILLEGIBLE]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4-5 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE N
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Spherical object size of pea, bright red, tail streaming behind diminishing in brightness, length about width of silver dollar, No sound heard, Elevation 50° bearing 357° to elevation 20° about same bearing, Fell straight down, appeared to breakup and extinguish rapidly, Sighting from sea level.
11. COMMENTS This object has all of the characteristics of a meteor of the "fireball" class. There is no available evidence which indicates that this object was not such a meteor. It is concluded that the object was a meteor of the fireball class. NOTE: Zeta II came down on this date but no data is available as to where or when (time) this occurred.
ATIC FORM 327 (REV 16 SEP 62)
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- Page 1 CLARK, A. H. LANG PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 5 Dec 60 2. LOCATION 34°0N 140-27-30E Japan 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 22H8 GMT [ILLEGIBLE] 5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] 6. SOURCE Military 7. LENGTH OF…
- Page 2 HQADGQX PP RJEDSQ DE RJNZKD 13 P 076206Z FM SAF FUCHU AIN STN JAPAN TO RJETHQ/CCFS USAF WASH DC RJEDSO/ATIC UPAFB OHIO BT [REDACTED] FIVE PICO ZERO FOUR EIGHT FOUR PD MOON DUST CEN STAIR AI DASH TWO…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJWZKD 16 STAMP: T60 - 40632 SILVER DOLLAR PD NO SOUND HEARD PD ATTENTION CALLED BY BRIGHTNESS OF OBJECT PD ELEVATION FIVE ZERO DEGREES BEARING THREE FIVE SEVEN TO ELEVATION TWO ZERO DEGREES…
- Page 4 NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT PRIORITY ACTION: RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY AF IN: 13223 (6 Dec 60) DO/aps "IP 031415Z FM USS GUSTON HALL AF DISTR: CIN-14 ODP-3 SAP-3 (21) TO PACAF HICKAM AFB…
- Page 5 NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT OFFICER RELIABILITY EXCELLENT AND V A VALKER GMC USN JUNIOR OFFICER OF THE DECK RELIABILITY CONSIDERED EXCELLENT X WEATHER DESCRIPTION BY OBSERVERS CLEAR…