USAF record 302537723
302537723
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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 16 February 65 17/030/PZ
2. LOCATION South Dakota
3. SOURCE Civil Airlines
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One, Two
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 - 5 Seconds
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air-Visual
7. COURSE Descending
8. PHOTOS [HW: Yes]
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [HW: No]
10. CONCLUSION Astronomical (METEOR) [HW:]
Description of object conforms with Fireball observation. No decay for this date.
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Brilliant blue white light with two purple trails. Light of sufficient strength to light up cockpit with bluish color. Observation of object descending. Two civil airlines, United and American forced objects, with both over South Dakota at the time of the report.
FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used
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- Page 1 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 16 February 65 17/030/PZ 2. LOCATION South Dakota 3. SOURCE Civil Airlines 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One, Two 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 - 5 Seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air-Visual…
- Page 2 INCOMING MESSAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED AF IN: 2803 (17 Feb 65)A ACTION: NIN-7 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-7, SAPOS-3, DIA-1 (20) STAMP: 16 FEB PG 1 of 3 NO DECAY 16 FEB…
- Page 3 INCOMING MESSAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED AF IN: 2803 (17 Feb 65) PG 2of3 (6) NONE PAGE 2 RUCDAH 11 UNCLAS (7) TWO PARALLEL TAILS B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF…
- Page 4 INCOMING MESSAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED AF IN : 2803 (17 Feb 65) pg 3 of3 E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: UNITED [REDACTED], 157 NM EAST OF RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA,…