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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - Harbor Springs, Maryland

📅 3 Sep 60 📍 Harbor Springs, Maryland 🏛 AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER 📄 Record Card and Duty Officer's Report
Project 10073Harbor SpringsMarylandGeorge F. SmithbolidemeteorATIC

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A retired Major General reported a light breaking into smaller lights over Harbor Springs, Maryland, in 1960. The Air Force classified the case as having insufficient data, noting a resemblance to a bolide.

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying duty officer's report from the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The report details a sighting that occurred on September 3, 1960, at 2230 hours in Harbor Springs, Maryland. The witness, identified as retired Major General George F. Smith of the Magnavox Corporation, reported observing a large, single light that subsequently broke into many smaller lights. The report was relayed to ATIC by Lieutenant Colonel Workman of AMCSDO, based on an earlier report from Captain Saltsman dated September 4, 1960. The official evaluation of the incident concluded that there was insufficient data to reach a definitive conclusion. The investigators noted that while the description of the object breaking up closely resembled that of a bolide (a type of meteor), the lack of information regarding the duration of the sighting prevented a formal classification as such. Consequently, the case was officially filed under the category of insufficient data for evaluation.

Without the duration of the sighting no valid conclusion can be reached, however the description conforms closely to that of a "bolide" which was observed breaking up.

Official Assessment

Without the duration of the sighting no valid conclusion can be reached, however the description conforms closely to that of a "bolide" which was observed breaking up. If the duration was consistant with that type of sighting the case would be listed as a meteor, however the case is listed as insufficient data.

The sighting was reported by a retired Major General. Due to the lack of duration data, the event is classified as having insufficient data, though it resembles a bolide (meteor) breaking up.

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