PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Cockburn Harbor a Was Balloon 29 Mav 58 S Cnicos Island. Caribbean a Probably Balloon D Was Aircraft Local----------xi Ground-VIsual D GroundRodor a Probably Aircraft GMT 29/0420Z D Alr-VI.uol D Alrlntercept_ Radar Possibly Aircraft D Yas . 0 Probably Astronomical C i vi 1 ian . D Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION L NUMIER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other---- Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10-15 sees one fallin~ 110. IRIIP Of SIGHTING . 11. CO~I!NTS Bright amber fireball w/tail extend~ Slow vertical descent rules ing vertically upwards. The entire horLtout meteor. Obj was a flare of lzon was brightly illuminated. The fire~ some sort from either a/c in lball descended slowly & vertically area, naval units ii fleet in ntil disappearing behind the island. area or fm a local ground installation. Tbvse sources not checked & case is considered as insufficient data. .II l TYC57QIQ DE RJEPHI:l Ill FM CCC:D SEVEN MIAMI FLA TO RJEDDN/COMAIRDEFCOMD RBEC:KICOMEASTSEAFRON RJEP~/HQ USAr IBEK2C/CINCLANTFLT. INFO RBEPJC/COMDI COC:ARD IBEQDC:/COMEASTAREA COGARD USCC: C:RNC :: INT IEPcmT X REPOJTED BY CGC C:ENTIAN/NRPI QUOTE FOL OBSERVED AT 2t~21Z WHILE ANCHORED OFF COCKBURN H CAICOS lSL.I VEA CLOUDY citir SEA SLIGHT CMM WIND EAST 12 KNOTS CMM AIR TEMP 82 DEC: BAR 3tiPTIS X AN UNUSUALLY BRICHT ER FIREBALL WITH TAIL EXTENDING VERTICALLY ptiiE H01l20H FOR 31 .. DE<i WAS llliC:HTLY ILLUMINATED_ X THE FIREBALL DESCENDED SLOWLY AND VERTICALLY BEING VI IBLE FOR I TO ' SECOND ' UNTIL DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE ISLAND UNQUOTE aaCURITY C&.A8811'1CATION UNCLASSD'IED/D"'ro 1'~0 8.0, 'V.D roa OOIIIIUIIIO~f'ION OBNra ORICI. OR RIII'ER8 TO AF 4tcl 29 Me 58 CLA881triCATION Otr REtrER&NC& 8~ECIAL IN8TRUCTION8 MIAMI; FLA. & /f 0 COMDR; 'l'DI COAST GUARD DISTRICT l'lO!: APCIIf-414/UBCLASSD'IP:D/D'W Re MERIMT Report dtd 29 l8l5Z Mil 58. Measase states "while off Cockburn Bbr South Caicos Isl". Request your (;.e.tJC:rA,Jit,CAL organi~tion fUrnish this officeWith tbe GEORF coordinates of the location of Cockburn Hbr. In reply refer to "UFO Incident 29 May 58, Cockburn Hbr, Caicos Isl, AFCIN-4E4. COORDIKATION: 81GNATURII TYPED {or ttJNIII NAME AND TITLII TYPED NAMII AN 84gftllluH, (/ '],qtdredl GREGORYtkmo CAPT GEORGE 8&cURITY CLA881P'ICATION MONTH YEAR 1 7 3 RIE~CES DD FORM 17a, I OCT WHICH WILL 11 U811D UNTil. IIXHAU8TED DE RJEDSQ 13162 FM CCGD 7 MIAMI FLA TO COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO /UNCLAS EFTO/YOUR 041600Z. LOCATION OF COCKBURN HARBOR 21 DEG 29 MIN NORTH 71 DEG 31 ~liN WEST 08/213'Z JUN RJEDSQ