USAF record 28991516
28991516
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 22 Feb 61
2. LOCATION Silver Bay & Gilbert, Minnesota
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 16L8 GMT 2222L8Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Brilliant, round tapered cone-shaped objt. Conflicting reports on size, from dime size to 4-6 inches at arms length. Vivid red, green, and blue. Trailed fire and sparks. One observer hears sound like sonic boom Extremely high speed. Appeared at unknown elevation, 300 ft Disappeared below trees 300 ft Observer said [ILLEGIBLE] broke into 3 or [ILLEGIBLE] pieces and disappeared behind trees.
11. COMMENTS Description indicates that objt was a rare daylight meteor of such a size that it reached a low enough altitude to be heard when it exploded, as reported by one observer.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 22 Feb 61 2. LOCATION Silver Bay & Gilbert, Minnesota 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 16L8 GMT 2222L8Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS No 6. SOURCE Civilian…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED REDACTED HQAO12 ZCZCAL007UE40 PP RJEDSQ DE RJEDDU 43C P 231830Z FM DUBS DULUTH MUNY APRY MINN ST. TO RJEDAH/30 AIR DIV TRUAX FIELD WISC RJMFAL/ADC ENT AVB 'COLO' AT RJEDSQ/WPAFB…
- Page 3 (7) TRAILING FIRE AND SPARKS (8) ONE OBSERVER STATED SOUND WAS HEARD LIKE SONIC BOOM, BUT COULDN'T SAY WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE OR AFTER SIGHTING. OTHER OBSERVERS NOTICED NO SOUND. (9) EXTREMELY HIGH…
- Page 4 MR. [REDACTED], SILVER BAY, MINN MRS. [REDACTED], HOUSEWIFE (VISITING AT SILVER BAY) [REDACTED] [REDACTED], DULUTH, MINN A3C MACK A. FENNELL, AIR POLICEMAN, FINLAND AF STATION, FINLAND, MINN G (1)…
- Page 5 L (1) NONE (2) NONE M OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED BY OBSERVERS AT SILVER BAY. OBJECT WAS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR HEADING NORTH WEST AT LOW ALTITUED AND EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED. OBSERVERS AT SILVER BAY STATED IT…