Eofbrazil Atlanticocean — October 1958

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Keywords: norway, rufphcx, cometa, bergen, flared, telegram, authorities, fltlr2d, ttxprabably, fyaluation, penetr, c4289, teneriffe, resife, zczcsqp0170vczcsqa791zcjyf189, rjeybf, csuaf, erist, cometas, supposes, 1635z, steamship, probatly, 0045z, northwards
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATE 2. LOCATION 3. DATE TIME CROUP ~ TYPE OF OBSERVATION . C G "'V I 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft - rouno-ISU~ 0 Probably Aircraft p bl A.i ft GMT - .'-' 0 Air-Visual 0 A ir-Intercept Radar c v.i..J.i<tn 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUt.tBER OF OBJECTS 10. BRIEF SUMt.tARY OF SIGHTING L .I'.J.llO..l S o bj ~.,rave linf; at t e r.i.tfic co, s1z2 of t&e full ntoo n bu t w/ . fltlr2d 'll: f o r a .mo ment. -~/hen it d i ~r 1: ~,c a c-.:Jd och ind large cloud, the c 1 oud t" l ai'\:d. ATJC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ttxPrabably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for fyaluation 11. COMMENTS The obj was probatly a met eor. It has ~ 11 the charact erist ics of a met eor tha t has penetr~ted the earth's atmosphere. C4289 ATTN: SPACE TRACK FOR AFCIN. CITE U-384. THIS IS UFOB REPORT. PASS TO ARMY. FOLLOWING TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY EMBASSY CIA COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPH FR0~1 BERGEN NORWAY QUOTE OUR SHIP M/S COMETA ENROUTE FROM NORWAY 10/1~ VIA TENERIFFE TO RESIFE HAS JUST SENT US THE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM: WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 22 AT 0045Z COMETA WAS AT N 02~ W 29~2 AND THE THIRD MATE ON DUTY, OBSERVED A LUMINOUS OBJECT TRAVELING AT TERRIFIC SPEED NORTHWARDS AT A HEIGHT OVER THE HORIZON OF ABOUT 10 DEGREES. THE OBJECT WAS THE SIZE OF THE FULL MOON BUT WITH STRONGER LIGHT. NOW AND THEN THE PAGE TWO RUFPHCX ~GB OBJEKT FLARED UP FOR A MOMENT, PERHAPS ON PASSING SMALL CLOUDS. WHEN IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND LARGE CLOUD THE LATTER FLARED. COMETAS' TRUE BEARING 212. OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FROM APPROX 45 AT STARBOARD BOW TO APPROX 130 FOR PERHAPS 5 SECONDS. WE HAVE NOT SENT ANY DIRECT REPORT TO THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES, WHICH SUPPOSES YOU WILL WANT TO NOTIFY THE INTERESTED AUTHORITIES IN THE US. SIGNED THE BERGEN STEAMSHIP COMPANY UNQUOTE. 2/1635Z OCT RUFPHCX 4o tOot\ ZCZCSQP0170VCZCSQA791ZCJYF189 DE RJEZHQ 8"2 FM HEDUSAF I NFO RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB RJEYBF/AFCRC HANSCOM FLD FM USAIRA OSLO NORWAY TO CSUAF WASHDC