PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARC 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 4 TYPI! OP GaSIRVATIOM J. DAT!-TIMI OIIOUP D Probably Ballan PossiWy Balloon D Cueldrul VI .., .. D Graun~RMMer Was Aircraft a P roltoltl y AI rcr-'t D PossiW r Aircraft ENE to WNW Rptmd, bluish-white obj which broke a:p~ after stro.ight and lcveJ flight. Obj was probably a large meteor. T.tm~ duration reported i s r ather long :for a meteor, Hcwevcr duration does not rule meteor out naaCJUW .. . '-r roo P. FIERY. OBIEC'l.,, LIGHTS . EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 24-(}P)-A flaming areen object streaked over Michigan about 6:30 a .m. today. S tate troopers ln both lower and upper Michigan sign ted It' traveling from east to west. Radio statlou had calls from e"cited cttizent who also saw the object. Two operators ln the control tower ol the Grand Rapld1 airport In western Michigan said they believed it was & I nletcoritf'. 'l11e operators, John Moore and Robert Boylan, said the ohiP . .r.t n'so wtts aiahtcd at airport control towers in ChicajO and M.tdlson, Wis. ''It wn~ :t dandy," Moore and D0ylan &greed. ''The best meteorite we ever ~aw. It mus t h:l\'e been a good-sized one berAib~ it h;f'kcd like 1t was just northwest of Gr:~nd Rapids 1 goin$( (r,,m ta-.t to west. It was ahooting off sparks before it 1 appP ttl'r l to di-5.ntegrate." Ti~ !-l<y wu ciPar just before dawn and observers g ot a good It of):: at th\! object. R1d:o Ht;~tion WHGR In Houghton L3ke In north central , lower l\lir.higan received a call from a mln at ne3rby Roscom-t m>n who :wad, ''It scared heU out of me." FIEI~Y 0 JECT LIGHTS Sl\.Y OY R lJ'IICI I AN I)Ay'TJN llltt t N-I*"S 1-,:e ~-p EAST LANSING, Itch., Feb. 24-UPt- A flaming bluish areen obj~ct streaked over Michigan about 8:30 a .m. today. St.tte troopers ln both lower and upper 1-Uchigan aight~d it traveling from east to west. Radio statlou had calls from excited ciUzens who alto aaw tiie object. Two operators in the control tower of the Gr~nd R3picts 1 airport ln western M&chlgan sald they believed it was a " meteorite. The operators, John Moore and Robert Boylan, said the object also was atahted at airport control towers in Chicago J and Madison, Wis. I because it lookoo like it was just nort~west of G:-.u~d ~a;Ma g oing from cast to west. It was shoYing oft splr~s befCJre at l appeared to d isintegrate." The sky w a s clear just b~fore dawn and obsen ers &1t a good look at th~ objnct. Radio s tation WHGR. in Houghton Lal<e In north ccntr1.l lower M ichis::an recci\ed a call Crvm a man at nearby Ro.;com mon v:-.n q~irl, "T~ sc1.:-ed he!! ott '"Jf me."