Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 11 Apr 61
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A SAC KC-97 crew reported an object splitting and burning near Goose Bay, Labrador, on April 11, 1961. The Air Force officially evaluated the sighting as a bolide-type meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying duty officer's report from the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The report details a sighting that occurred on April 11, 1961, at 0615Z. A crew aboard a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-97 aircraft, commanded by Captain Ingholt, observed an unidentified object approximately 25 nautical miles southwest of Goose Bay, Labrador. The object was flying at an altitude of 13,000 feet and was positioned above and ahead of the aircraft. According to the report, the object split into two parts and burned. The incident was reported to the Air Force Command Post at 0200 local time and subsequently relayed to a Mr. Goard. The official evaluation of the sighting, as noted on the Project 10073 record card, concludes that the object was a bolide-type meteor. The record card indicates that the observation was visual, and no radar contact or photographic evidence was obtained.
Although the duration was not given all other indications are that this was the sighting of a bolide type meteor and the case is evaluated as such.
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Official Assessment
Although the duration was not given all other indications are that this was the sighting of a bolide type meteor and the case is evaluated as such.
The object was identified as a bolide type meteor.
Witnesses
- IngholtCaptSAC