Littlesaba Caribbeansea — February 1962

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Keywords: comcaribseafron, reentry, descended, companied, aeythi, 719zcbjb046, 24ell4, vcinclantfct, ribair, 240el01, possirl, nescended, 4ater, qobably, caribair, ughtino, iomas, breaki, meteor, dditi, tiing, water, rbejc, rjezhq, 08suvation
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION Li ttle Saba, Caribbean Sea 7. L&NGTH Oil 08SUVATION not gi v en 10. BRIE' SUMMARY 0, UGHTINO ~JX stating that a civil airline pilot obs~.v~u what he thought wa s a meteor f all into the sea ~t a location near :ittle Saba. Descended L~to ~t. ~eat 3peed a c companied by a r ed ha ze effec-:t . :..it ..1}: s.!".d then dis appeared at '"'at~C?~ l eve.:.. . ~dditi..,nal flight :.:1 a:-ea )bserved a shiF ~n ~he vi~inity. ATIC PORW J2t (R&V 26 I&P 52) descending 11. COMMENT$ Duration not given. Color red might i ndicat e possible reentry, howeve r there wa s no breaki ng up and object descended to the water , which would be unusual for a reentry. Also there wa s no satellite decay for this date . No infor mation indi - !3.'t ing tha t the pilot s aw aeythi!lg other than a meteor and the .;a se is carried as a meteor sighting. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE CZ CHQA 719ZCBJB046 '''''YY RJEZHQ DE RBEJC 3el Y 24ell4 eiZ FM COMCARIBSEAFRON TO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD RJEZHQ/COFS RBE KHr VCINCLANTFCT 4')'-/72ND BOMBER tIING RAMEY'AFB ATTN CHIEF INTl='L FM SAN J'JAN F !XED AERO STA TO COMCARIBSEAFRON RIBAIR FERRY FLT 2el6 PI RIVED ST TJ.iOMAS F'ROM SAN JUAN AT 240el01 REPORTS IJFO POSSIRL Y METEO"q nESCENDED INTO WATER AT GREAT SPEED ACCOMPANIED BY RED HAZE EFFF.CT. STATES OBJECT I L I T UP SKY BUT DISAPPEARED AT '.4ATER LEVEL P"qOBABLY ~lFA'q LI'tTLE SARA. ANOTHER CARIBAIR FLT N014 CHECKING ARE~ HAS SIGHTED SHIP IN VICINITY. NOTE: ADV CY DEL TO CIN.