Southeasternu S — April 1957

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Keywords: knots, pensacola, disintegrated, silent, bblly, utnorous, mctco1, vnc017, zdkhvtlc017yqa015, rje1jtj, springsn, cl1ndr, hjlskb, colurnbia, thomc1, escrhiption, panat1a, montgozviery, ncgoi, tgonery, survac, deghses, rjinds, i10ntgomhy, degrfss
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Ala , L~, Gn , r.l.i.: : CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Ppro b~bblly B 3. DATE.TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION oast Y a oon X~ GroundVtsual 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft oca ------------0 Probably Airc:roh 1-~0Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS . 6. SOURCE tl:..:Wos Astronomical ~.1cteor 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical o:No i\1il a n d C i v 0 Pouibly Astronomical 7. t..ENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other::---~--::-~-:--- to. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Throo t o Four objects describe d as a c,-re;.; n ball movod f r orn North to South ltnd disintegrated. Seen by n utnorous people all over S . E., U. S . at sam~ tiwc which indicat e d object very hi~h alth o u g h appearing c lose t o obseJ.vor o ATlC FORW 329 {REV 26 S:!!P 52) 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluatio n 0 U nknown 11. COMMENTS This sight:i:lg no doubt was 't mctco1 o i the bolide type. Di RJ~S 13A RJEDVIP -:~ ~I \ ZUl I NC VNC017 DE RJE:SYQ 2B X ZDKHVtlC017YQA015 ' ' ' ' 'YY RJ EPNB RJ E DEN RJE1JtJ P RJEPHQ R JESKB Dt: HJJ!:SYQ 2 B FM 2047 AACSRON MAXWELL '10 RjPNB/CMDR EAST ADC STE~JART AFB NY HJEDEN/CMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGSN RJ~ OWP/Cl1NDR AT !C \tJR IG HT PATTERSON B RJ~P1~/DIR~CTOR I F INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WAS H DC HJLSKB/CMDR 3 5AD DOBBINS AF B MAR l ETT A UWCLAS/ UFO/ 1. DESCRIPTION OF OBJEC'f o. THREE OR FOUR ti . H. NONE Apr. 22- Colurnbia ,SC-11:30pm- Gliding ,bright,green Fireba l l travel i ng 'NE to S1'l a t lo~r altitud e . Object 1-1as large;silent,t railed smoke._, ~::Thomc1.sville Ga- l l :30pm .. Brilliant Fireb a l l fell Earth~rard t':. dis- integr a ted J.n hundrec~.s of brilliant, :reen, b lue E.:-~rhite pa rts. ThE Objeet appeared 3 -l;.ft-.in. Diameter ; t,ras silent. (Same as .:1bove?) PAG TWO RJEP~Q 2B 2 .ESCRHIPTION OF COURS OF OBJECT A. GREEN BALl. D FRON NORTH TO SOUTH AND DISAPPZARED E. DISINTEGRATED 3-MANNER OF OBSERVATION A, GROUND VISUAL 4. TIM AND DATE OF SIGHTING 5. LOCATIONS OF OBSERVER PANAt1A CITY, FLA MOBILE, ALA MONTGOZVIERY ALA LAKE CHARLES LA ROBINS AFB GA SAVANNAH GA. PAGi 'fHR RJESYQ 2B NCGOi"' B t1 ISS 6. IO~NTIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERS A. CIVILIAN B. r1 I L IT A R Y 7. L A'l'HR AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING: A. I10N TGONERY, A LA CLEAR AND 10 A. PENSACOLA, FLA CLEAR AND 10 B. SURVAC 180 DEGHSES 5 KNOTS 10,0~0 FEST 190 DEGREES/ 1'} KNOTS 15,0~0 FEET 22~ DEG~E5 lg l{I~OTS 2CJ/ 0.J0 FEr:T 22~ DEGRSES/10K!JOTS 7o lt/~A'l HR AND \rJINDS ALOFT AT TIME AND PLACr: OF SIGHTING: A. I10NTGOMHY, ALA CLEAR AND 1 0 A. PENSACOLA, F LA CLEAR AND 19 B. SURFACE 180 DEGREES 5 KNOTS 6000 FE~T 180 D[GRSES/ 10 KNOTS 16 ,000 FEET 220 DEGRfSS 10 KNOTS 3 0 / J!9JYJ FEl!:'f 230 DEGREES lt~ KNOTS 5S,G00 F~'f 220 DZGREES/ 3~ KNOTS 80/0~a FEET UNK DSGRE5: UNJ< KNOTS c. CEILING CL~AR D~ VlSIBILITY UNLIMITED 3, CLOUD COVER-CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY PA G } "OU 11 RJr:;s YQ 2 B F.TJ!UNDERSTORMS-SCATTSRED 11. OPE HAT IONS OFF IC, MAXlvELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER, ~1AXt4LL AFB, P.Ll\BAt1A t1l!:Ti!:ORS 12,. r!~rJAHKS OBJECT OBSERVED T HROUGHOUT SOUTHEASTERN US AT SAME Tir1E .. OBJr..:CT APPEARED VERY CLOSE TO ALL OBSERVERS NO NOISE HEARD BY ANY OF fHt: OBSEUVERS SIGNED GOLINS KY END