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USAF record 28991736

28991736

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 3 Mar 61

2. LOCATION Aviano AB, Italy

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1938 GMT 031838z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS Yes No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-35 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one which broke into several parts.

9. COURSE Other: Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [REDACTED] white objt approx the size of a silver dollar at arm's length. When UFO began to break up, individual pieces were aprox dime size. Trail of objt was about width of nickel at arms length. Trail was very faint and disappeared at times. Appeared 45°, 280° bearing. Disappeared 300°, 290° bearing. Pieces seemed to burn up immediately.

11. COMMENTS Description is characteristic of a type of meteor called a bolide, which broke up prior to burning up in earth's atmosphere.

ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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