Bristol Tennessee — September 1958

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Wos Bolloon 3. DATETIMI! GROUP . L TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Poulbly Be~lloon local-----------Cl.raundVIsual D GraundRadar g ~:b ;'ti~croft S. . PHOTOS I U E C Was Astranomi cal ~ :, e o l' 0 Yea 0 Probobly Aatronomicol ---~------~C~i~v~i~l~l ll~---~----~-----D Possibly Aat~nomical 1. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 1. NUllBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other:---~- -- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. IRIEP SUllMARY OP SIGHTING Rnd obj, s~ze of pea, one at first then broke i11to several pieces. Obj had long tnil & made a glow in the sky. Appeared to lJurn out instantane- ATIC PORM 329 (RBV 26 SBP 52) D Unlcnawn 1 t. COMMENTS Description is o f <1 mnt~.Q,. ZCZCSQP103C2CSQB972ZCVYB575 J . PP RJEDSQ DE ROEMBJ l,.SA FM CMDR 2~47TH AACS MAXWELL AFB ALA TO RJEYBN/CHDR EASTERN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND STEWART AFB NY RJEDEN/CMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLARADO SPRINS RJEDSQ/CMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON RJEZHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINTON RJESKB/COMDR 35TH AIR DIV CDEFENSE) DOBBINS AFB MARIETTA,GEORGIA B SIZE OF (!Eft-' C. ~H~TE FLO)D D. pNE AT FIRST T N_BROKE IKTO SEVERAL PIECES E. NO PARTICULAR FORMATION PAGE TWO ROEMBJ 14SA A,GLOW IN SKY AND SPEED OF MOVEMENT B. APPEARED TO BE AT SAME LEVEL AS OBSEVER ~90KING TO THE C, SAME LEVEL AS OBSEVER LOOKING TO NORTH_tAS~ D. APf.~I)_RED TO BE CONING TOWRARD THE_.9J~S/,:RVIR rH~!'J-V~AR~p TQ_ THE NORTH EAST E. APPEARED TO BURN OUT INSTANTANEOUSLY TO THE NORTH 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION A. VISUAL FROM AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER AND GOURND 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING S. LOCATIONS OF OBSERVER CS> (1) AIR PORT CONTROL TOWER AT 1RICITY AIRPORT NEAR BRISTOL ItNN (2) HIGHWAY PATROL IN CITY OF BRISTO TENN 36.16N 82.12W PAGE THREE ROEMBJ 14SA 6 IDENTIFYING INFO~lATION OF ALL OBSERVERS A. CIVILIAN TRICITY AIRPORT BRISTOL TENN C HIGHWAY PATROL IN BRISTOL TENN. B. MILITARY 7. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME AND.PLACE OF SIGHTING A. HIGH THIN SCATTERED 15 MI VIS B. SURFACE COLOR DEGREES KNOTS 600~ FEET DEGREES 1i~ KNOTS 10 ~Q0 FEET DEGREES 30~ KNOTS 20 1e0 FEET DEGREES 299 KNOTS 30 001 FEET DEGREES 29~ KNOTS 30 ia FEET DEGREES291 KNOTS Sf 001 FEET DEGREES 2s; KNOTS 30 001 FEET DEGREES KNOTS c. CEILING UNL D. VISIBILITY 15 E. CLOUD COVER SCTD CIRRUS F. THENDERSTORMS NONE PAGE FOUR ROEMBJ 148A 11. OPERATION OFFICE, MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER, MAXWELL AFB THE DISCRIPTION OF OBJECT APPEARS IQ HAVE BEEN A M~TEOR THE REPORTING INDIVIDUAL ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THE OBJECT HAD ~HE APPEARENCE OF A METEOR~XCEPT THAT IT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT AND REMAINED IN VIEW FOR SO LONG}( . 29/11242 SEP ROEMBJ