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Project 10073 Record Card - Sighting Reports 23 June 1950 and 25 June 1950

📅 23 June 50; 25 June 1950 📍 28° 45'N 89°45'W; Mobile, Ala. 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
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TL;DR

This document records two separate UFO sightings from June 1950, both of which were officially identified by ATIC as meteors.

This document consists of two separate sighting reports recorded under Project 10073 by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The first report, dated 23 June 1950, details an observation made by an aircraft crew at 1940 CST. The object was observed at an altitude of 50,000 feet, exhibiting a blueish trail and performing a spiral descent before fading at 20,000 feet. The duration of this observation was between 15 and 30 minutes. The second report, dated 25 June 1950, concerns a sighting in Mobile, Alabama, reported by an airline pilot via a newspaper report. Both incidents were officially categorized as 'Astro (Meteor)', with the second report explicitly noting that a weatherman stated the flash seen was likely a large meteorite.

Weatherman stated flash seen was probably a large meteorite.

Official Assessment

Astro (Meteor)

The sightings were attributed to meteors.

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