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Project 10073 Record: Unidentified Aerial Object Sighted in Vicinity of Provo River, Utah

📅 11 October 1950 📍 Lark, Utah 🏛 115th CIC Detachment 📄 Correspondence and Sighting Report
Project 10073Lark UtahMeteor115th CIC DetachmentNICAP

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TL;DR

A 1950 sighting report from Lark, Utah, describes an object initially thought to be a meteor but later suspected to be a rocket or plane. The official conclusion for the incident was 'Astro (METEOR)'.

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding an aerial sighting in Lark, Utah, on October 11, 1950. A compressor operator working at the Lark Tunnel reported seeing an object that initially appeared to be a meteor but later resembled a rocket or plane. The witness described a long, thin line of fire moving at a high rate of speed that eventually widened, dipped, and exploded. The front of the object reportedly broke away while the main body remained in the sky before fading. The witness estimated the object was 40 to 50 miles away, near the Provo River. The report was forwarded to the Director of Special Investigations, USAF, by the 115th CIC Detachment. Captain Pelham R. Burnett noted that no formal investigation was initiated. The document also includes miscellaneous correspondence and articles from 'SAUCER NEWS' regarding NICAP and a separate, unrelated incident involving a weather balloon found near Keating Summit, Pennsylvania, in October 1950, which was recovered by two hunters and turned over to the Air Force.

The object appeared at first as a long, thin line of fire crossing the sky at a terrific rate of speed. This line of fire later widened out and then seemed to dip and explode.

Official Assessment

Astro (METEOR)

The object was evaluated as a meteor observation, though the witness initially suspected a rocket or plane.

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