USAF record 28997502 (1962)
28997502
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 28 May 1962
2. LOCATION Northwestern U.S. Southwestern Canada
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: [ILLEGIBLE]
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS Yes [HW:] No [HW:]
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [ILLEGIBLE]
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING An extremely bright object, colored green, orange and white, was seen across the sky from N to S at 23:54 GMT It was sighted by a number of people Object was large Some viewers estimating it at 200' long, was shaped like a ball and had a long tail or trail Tail appeared to be burning and pieces falling from the object.
11. COMMENTS This object possesses the characteristic outline for that class of meteor known as fireball The bodies of artificial satellites would produce the same general type display but no re-entry occurred on this date Dr R M Tepetre Dominion Astro Physical observatory reported the object to be a meteor.
ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 28 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 28 May 1962 2. LOCATION Northwestern U.S. Southwestern Canada 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] GMT: [ILLEGIBLE] 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual…
- Page 2 Lt Col Friend 29 July 1962 Here is an article out of the Awake Magazine/ Was it a Meteor. On may 28 th a huge multicolored fireball streaked through the sky over Vancouver British Columbia. It was…
- Page 3 1962 MAY 30 03 17 STAMPED ACTION [HW: STEPHENED] [HW: B.B. &] [HW: TILL] [HW: U.S.] [HW: 39PMX-24] [HW: BY:] C6 ILLEGIBLE
- Page 4 PAGE TWO OFFICER AT PACIFIC AIR, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA IT WAS LEARNEED THAT THE HEAD OF THE SOUTHERN ASTRO-PHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, REPORTED THE OBJECT TO BE AN…
- Page 5 [HW: July 1963] [STAMP: AFRO-SUCCESI] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
- Page 6 [REDACTED] [HW: AFRO BULLETIN JULY 1963] [STAMP: 05]
- Page 7 1:20 pm 24 May 62 Captain Pallager Ext 330/13413 Garfield AFB, Washington 11:35 PST On 18 May, Pacific St pilots from two commercial [REDACTED] and one jet pilot along with reports from other sources…