Salinas California — May 1954

PROJeCT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION &aliaaa, Cal1torn1a 10. COIICLUIION VAS ASTROIOMICAL : MB'mOR 11 ta17 (p1lota) -----------tReported OD aa detinltely beiq a Fireball Meteor. .. NUMBIII OP -..en (Lovell 'Dicxlaa 17 Ma;y 54) I. LINOTH OP OUIRVATIOM 11. aRIIP IU*ARY AND ANAL YIIS 5 aeCODde Brtsht areen meteor like obJect greenish tail. Deacendina t-----------teaat to veat. lfo aowld.. Exploded and dia~ppeared. t. 'HYSICAL IVIDIMCI lllUnr... ! i-.IGHT f, F FILl T ,.._ 1-THE WORLD OF FLYL~C SAUCDS :)b..rved to ;o&Jow m errabc o>une. peob~ab)y by dw ir- r~,liat slwpe of ~ nwtwr~ budy, :iOIDe have ~uo rea pnrtl d to =hce coune .thrr t!sp&odiu'l . ir~ (1n~!o.l t-ntn&DCP v.-lodty .. m:L!~ tlf ~"' ~. ~ ~k-mic.W t~te:tur'! ail inJiucork.~ ~h~ ~1-...~ o i :.1 utttt'fll''s pi&th ~nJ rt~ f1rf)t: ni .. tJ-.;t,l. T!l.-'!JfMn:n' .ut~l~ of d~')(etlt 3S ~n hv ~ r,t-..3EI"Vd df'()t."fkLI o.>n : he .~;f!lark<' u.J ~e d:r~.non Uw! C':rcn is !'OO"in~ 1::i.at.ve tn the oh~r'\-?r. \\"ht"n tht! n~eor tra\o'e::h p&ralid "0 the ;Jbf'rv.-r':t line ot 'il(ht. at ~ma 111uc-h ~;low.., tlwn ~vnn it 1-.~ th,. line-cf ~i~at at n~ht . , .. ~in. Th.!-~re.et rbe distAnce bt!l'Wt:~en ~;..,. ~ .,.._. .and the ~''"' the sloWPr its A!'PUf!ftt moboo [tJ]. 'j()bCJ nadi!CWI fllM'e v~ry !!lowly; traft1ittl at aa ~lmollt lci.tureiy .. ate. they ;ov throu!'h the tky oo a loo!C. leel pMb ~mOlt puaUel with the N,.h. ~ slow fi~t.Us il tlw atk!tew-w p~UCW!ssion oi :nalituaitwd .a ho"'!ontaJ ~'0\lne ov~ a dittance of .evetal thou- "T'i~. lmm w~tt'i h C.a:~M,ia ~o Rraz!l [ Ltl . \ ,rruootnu.:~ r'!t. ortls ~"' th~r the p-;en rnetf"'n .,.,. u.'!Ca:ly ;!,,w. S..lffte-r.)O pencns r"!J)Orted to thCJ ~eti'Orit:ic.s Society that on ~<Wntt.,._,. 28. 1~1. t t;:JO P.~ . -' ~ball slowly through t~.-.. ~-v from \b~a'"hu.rlt.C to P~mu" h aaia. Oelcrthl .u b;u whitf!'-~rec:a. ..: hHn..r;jntl tJ t>r tn2~-v--liow-red. it hu~e. ,lisk. ~ ... ~ .;nd v-.arusiwd stlf'ntly Wl!ht"t d~tpo.~itmc tnc:....,.,.,ts ( 1. p . wrw:d (and rPport ) slownlfmn~ &r.obD. Yu.iOft@D chan~c ,,~ r.-d. ut bamintsa~ 90 ~re-at than it ~o6...-sl.p1D'l ~le. Towvd t t.~ ~ oi Its L'OI~rw-it \~tnd.i tn ,tup. apir.aled a ~'Otap~ oi cimt1, ~: 1 t~ SliT'pi;-r "m::.hC"lt .vit~1t Ic;,vmac tra~ucnti [8. p. ].'lti}. Td )umnw,ze \lt'ttun Uft 'r.lVe-1 lt !1)W \dnc11. m,1 ~ u,_ i'"rr:-,,f tda pt.uu.ul,:t.l Fro~nl 1 . ~t' Pnouc:h maml..-r of ~ouo J)uiptiuua .tf .a qi\.t"U rw~ltur. l~hullumt-n c~uP 3rtitl~u thP dltta m.,th~maticaJiv .aml lit"tt-rrnin thto m nr's r;tdiialtt-the point in tht" li'-'8"'t"llS frnn, whtc1 at 'iftml h <"nl~. Th~ rTW't~r ~ thf'n id.mti 1111Uftt"r llw rf..Lt~ \\ t'ff" puh- . r 1!1c .,.Kt~tv, .mJ thu~ nom.l.- "';.\ !J,t tlo7tn~ nf f, II mt'tf:.tl .... .\t ll!inoit tmtft n1lrth tu .,, h 1~.,\ m~ a lunait,.)&&S trajn vi,ible In 6ve >t :t~ .,aJ 1Utunmatir~ ~h, :. ami -'OtU&lT} ua!,. frr."' St. Louil to L!"~il~ .uxl fraua M~lphts t h:MM'ViUe. Thte ~bon. owr westet o K"',=atk!. -~ h-atJ O"'W' aa ..,... l\MJ lldiM ~ euul ~a..., Idaho, \VyOiniftl. Utah. Colorado.. ~ aod N.ilr p. us]. Similar fin-balls that \ '.anidwd without tnce we ue ou Seoptf'mhf-r ::8. 1~1 (.\\IS 2.l;.Jl 1. October 4t 1~ {.\.\IS :Q1Pl