Glenwood Iowa — January 1957

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Keywords: s5lbly, turtling, flnn1o, i11ches, northwvst, ir1dicates, how3vcr, restimation, meteor, ronomlcal, visnally, considc, rjepag, alrer, lnsufflc, fllght, fallin, alrlntorcopt, milit, possl, nomical, obably, bably, stronomical, inches
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION:; 0 Was Bolloon 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Probabl y Bal l oon 0 Possibly Ba lloon CD. Ground-Visual 0 Air Vi auai 6. -SOURCE 0 Ground-Radar 0 Alrlntorcopt Radar Wos Alrer a h Pro bably Ai rcr aft Po:s5lbly Alrc:~aft D'G.Was As~ronomlcal Met 001' 0 Probobl y A stronomical Civi.Jian (GOC) and Milit'lry 0 Possl h l y Astro nomical 1. LEI-lOTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 lnsufflc:lont Dota fo r Evaluation :~0-seconds 10. BRIEF' SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ono white later turtling to red flnn1o, two i11ches wido and 60 inches long. Object moved f rom West to Northwvst fallin g . Object was seen visnally for 30 seco nds. ll. COMMENTS Description and fllght path of tlte object ir1dicates that this sightin g was cause d by a meteor. How3vcr, since t h e len1~th of tim8 ilt sight .is rather long for a meteor, a ''p::-obably meteor evaluation i s g i v en. Possible ove restimation of duration also considc r o d .. ~!J~DWP RJEPAG G.LI JOOD !.~ l<'IA'Io.