Keeslerafb Mississippi — February 1954

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Keywords: acr1pt1on, dtaapt, fters, jidst, yball, incandrsce, 501jtp, ultaneously, ylzed, jzsks, mississn, nbera, sipp1, _pproxlmatel, 3econda, olloved, ntf11ul1, mftor, hecnmc, cachc, l1uizun, fmgmentary, altitucte, flisapptaju, catlter
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. \ PRO JEt:T 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS one S to 5 I. COMMINTS n.acr1pt1on indicates meteor. ROUDd, , incandescent cJhj on atraigbt eourae, split anti dtaapt)ear~. .J V~.-t tu JZD '?~:/C IDR ADC JDH.JP/C or~DR ATIC pr, fTERS OCJ JP!l'./ D I R ':>F INT :n 'J~ ".F '~AsHDc JIDST/CO~DR ATRC SCOP~ ~FB ILL Z!N/COND~ TTAF G'JLF { .. i I SS (B) VOLL:YBALL (C). ER I G ~-!T INCANDrsCE:::T OBJZCT (\ ~ PAG Z TH D J::!!; KS 5' ( 2) (.~) 9R IG HT LIGHT (C) :=:t::v UiJ!(J AXI!<UTH J5 1):7:G (D) FLT P.~TH STRI\IGHT, 501JTP. TO NO~TH ( Z) ~ ?L tT .\:!D DIS APP CE> i:IG!fT (5) -;r:~ULTANEOUSLY F: S ... ~ FT SE Of !(t~FB CONT T~J? AND 1.35:' F'T .::: J F T' ffi. (B) JOSEPH D. JOHNSO.:. A/.3C 3.33$ STU S'lJ R!L un< JA~::s !. JACKSO:J, l~/::, 3383 STU S1J RZL Ur-!K H.L. YlZED, T/SGT, :.,_ .. '{Z! HAH!T S'lJ R~L Ur.JK (7) (A) CLEAR ( PAGE THP.Z~ JZSKS S~ (~) SCATTr.RED CIRRUS AT \ (F)' NEGAT!VE: N ::G l\ T I tJ F. '~/1S3SZ ~iAR J~SKS MISSISSn'?I Tr.ree r::e:nbera ot the mili!:i.." ... : Keesler AF'D, :.ussi~sipp1 rep~rted si~!lt!ng e n unidentified flying ob,ject on t :e night of 27 February 1954. The ol.jt!ct ap- peared t.o be solid a.'ld round, sii.:~ ott a brit;ht inc!... escent light. 'I'h'! object vas in viev tor _,_pproxlmatel :r f i v-. 3econda f'olloved a straight course, 1nd ~pll t in t\r:) before dina~e~ing. All char~cteristics poin t t o that ot a r:eteor e ntering the earth s atr.10sphere IOUTB ATLA!fTIC the American SS. U ntf11Ul1/, reports that at 22:~;; G . .M. T., Fcb- hrilliant mftor. It waa yellow-green and hecnmc u dull n"tl when it cachc:cl tit l1uizun with a fmgmentary tail of th~ same color. It wa:l fh:lt :;.,u t,.arng H>0 altitucte 1{) and flisapptaJu..-d al the hori?.un l, r, ~l'i,u 1:11i ' . \\'catlter rlcar with <'XCtlll~nt visilJility, wfnd northttll' tur .. it baroulttlal ~9.86 inctu~s . tl'"U. i tl nc.; t'1m o f t Epton~ :. 1 1 ~d unoon.Jr,iou::J from the p~."lns CJ.S 1 t dloi c. t ~. Both revived tn ti:ce to open u~n &a i !lt, ':A.l.t '8 'ftrnin~ before the ,:ocplosion.