' DA Tl Tt .. CIIOUP L LOCATION Ci .,,j,li:ln t. NUMIIR OP oaJICTI S. LINGTH OP OIIIRYATION t. PHYSICAL IYIDIICI 11. IRII' SUMMARY AND ANALYIII ATIU DOCtlmfT 1 Follov.lDI is a translation or an article which appered in the Helsinki, Finland, d&~ paper on "Peculiar Phenomenon. A peculiar optical phenomenon waa ae.n in R a hour last night. It was a shuttle-shaped kreenish . white lipt which passed horizontally through the city in a rew seconds. On a nearby asrtield it vas seen to cross the tield in 4 seconds. Similar optical phenoraena was observed also in Stockholm, Sweden, at about the same time." Further reports added to the description or this object. A reliable source stated that at 2047a be observed a greenish light traveling very rapidl.y through the sky. The distance trcn the airport, his location, could not be determined but it was obserYed due Wut or the tower traveling in a estimated direction or 2000. The altitude could not be estimated, but the angle created by. the plane or the earth surface and a line trom the observer to the object was approximately 30. It was obaerY'<i for 4 seconds and then apparently disappeared behind clouds. . ..,....... Appears. to be a standard description of a meteor. Dr. Robinson ot reviewed this. sighting and believes it probably was a met.eor.