PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon March 1963 0 Pro bob I y 8 oli-n Possibly Balloon DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION CI::Grouncl. Vi suol 0 GroundRodor Wos Aircraft c Probably Aircraft 0 Ai~ Visual C Air-Intercept Radar 0 Pa ssi bl y Aircraft JIX Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical ll~o Civilian Possibly Astronomic~! LENCTH Ofi. OBSERVATIOH 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Dato for Evaluation West/ down BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTIHC Outside observing Shortly after contacted by ECP.U passed obj observed at -10- 50 dgr Friend and discussion eJ.eva"':ion fm East to West. indicates that Seve1al obj trailed that were bright bollde, which exploded r ed. Total duratl.oo reported seconds. Detailed description DOD of the ..ATlC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) l ~. 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('': rl/1 I i 11 ucd from page 263) atinwth oi the nt c t..:or') radiant the ~l..y arc oln:lin\.'d. l\.nowing the sidereal time .. r th..: c\ cttt. 1\' c the n compute the tnnrdinatc~ or the r:tdiant, ill this case lll':tl' l'p~ilnu .\ndromedac. The table ~ i 1 "' thc orlli t:t ! dcmcn ts of the meteor a ' ,, llll:lnbcr >I t::..: -ol.tr 5\~tem bdor<: it ,:nH 1.. the canh . l'la: dt'lttent' , :,.,.,,. th.n the fireball 11\l'IIOnl.. tht l';lt t h :.t.d tlll'l'd in :t pl:tne itt' litt\.'d nnh J:P . ." to th..: ecliptic. This j, J,,,. ett~t1;.;h ,,, itH:;, :He th:n the meteor J,d, Ht;.;nl '" the ;.::"up th.lt i) bclie\'td lol t<lllte ltol!l\ tht .hit.TI'otd 7one. ih p..:ti hdi.,n ll''in:. a, j, .t .n'"' a!w.t~:i the ChC . Jj,., i:t itl, <Hir >t b::. ' I !.c 'l'locit~ ~hen j, lite 1nt11t 'un: .,f ::.e :.wtcor's h....Jj,, . tl'lltl'i(' ' v!ot it\ .t:t l: :::.11 "t the e:tnh - itt nthlr ''on!.. i:) '''-'<:d rd:nive t" .ntr . ttllhhj>hl'l'l'. 1 t b prob.thk t! . t: :mnthcr bri~lll !ll\.' tc.,u ., ~ h.: .Lrcd ~l~ t.l'.:r!' ;.he sante tintc J.) t!ti, lin:h.dl. rb m.H:lll ,,:b to,,anl the ""'''u."l. lout t ht. 1e1' reports rCCI.'ilcd h ere do 1111t pt'l'ntit :111 an:d~sis o f its path LO l><: ltt.ltf.-. St11r, Fr:tllklin.lll,titutc, a:~! Smith I am illdl'IHtd LO the :;core~> of ob~crvcrs ,,ho ~upplicd the dc::tailc:d obscn ations lu~titlltion j1la~cd (').sct:~ial n :'c) i :~tlteriu:~ of rt"P'" ''' \\I ERIC.\:\' .\1 FTEOR SOCIETY F I R EB.\!.1. :'\0. :!:iii ill <'It( pt:nt ,, P11int ()I 1::a!n xplosionl, X La.t dt:t::u!ncd point. E j,n,d lt't:~th .. r path. B,F.. Lt:tol.!.lt t: .lltllal path. BF. D ocr.ll:,.n ' 'isihlc ltll'tcor Z"n:;~J , ,,n . ti11n. pnrabolif L"n ;ituci\! oi pt.rit~tJi,-.n l.n. If I 45 hilnnlet:_r.i per Sl,tntl , ,,r Ut!,c:t~ti:. .\i:itw!e h l n No Case (Information Only) Norfolk, Virginia to Long Island Sound, Ne w Shy and Telescope June 1963 Issue page 343 bas request fran Dr Olivier for data on this meteor. Reporled time waw 1012 PM. PITTSBURG POST-GAZET~=3/27/63 Mar 26,1963- A meteor which gave a c;lowing sky show was seen by hundreds of p3rso~s froc Nor f olk, Va to Long Islanci SoW1d :.n N.Y. I t wa s seen sho:..tly after 10 PU. '!At irst I thought i t was a plane in trouble~ related one Washi:lgton- a!'eol \~oman. "'I:vm it l ooked like a fl~re, or a sk.t-ror.~<et, I t haci a r eddish glow "Lo ic'! Ge~retO\:n U ball neteor .. A at.range gloving object, vhicb uy n.ave been a uteor, vaa aeen in 11n,y part.s or Long Ialnd on the ni&ht or March 25th. One rltaeaa described it as a cire,uar objeot that appeared like a nouresoent greenish light. It set ted to throw off 'llhite .fire strN.k.s troaa a tall as it diuppeared behind a elo~ a.nd then reapp.ared. Tne objeot. was also seen &3 tar a.vay as lortol.k, Virginia., S!GH!S~:F.!N'J ~AUCER Y!Sl'!'S S'!'ATUS OF T..I '!'~: ~:r o~ tb.e E.art Co~st. ":)aoers earr~ed s:.Oriez of ":neteor:t .1hich ..as seen t.ra:r~llr.-! south on th.e j niel:l t 0 ~ :-tar~h ~5th. It seems s trange that. no seismo~!"l.OP.i.~ r-Gf-0~ of shock I -..raves or a!lY ot..'lar re;>ort.s o the seteo:-' s Up.tlet were av er !:lade. Even t~lougll the meteor ~avelae !":-01:1 the coa3t of ~-'1!.-"'la to Norfolk. Va.. a~ e~xtremely low s.l t1 tude~ i +, eviden ~y did t 9trike t h o earth. tr ;)'t" :.:tosn r~a.ders who find :.!:~ mU~s o~ such c.Jl musua.l :aeteor s t r3.r.ze or hard to .:>"!liev " , we ~ve !.he 3 tr;ry o:.' on~ of thi! rl tne3ses, ilho ws :-;ersonally i!:t.dr: i e .red 'c:y SAOCEa NU:S o rt: sa:-. r..:utz Fireball Over Eastern The night of March 2S, 1963 produced a brilliant fireball at about 10:00 p.m., which was seen by thousands of observ- ers as it passed over important cities the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. Coming from the north, the object passed over Allentown, Pottstown and Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, D. c .. and Richmond, Va. It was also seen as far off this path as Harrisburg, Pa., Long ISland, N . Y., and Newark, N. J . ne fireball was flying low when it passed over Pottstown, Pa., and along Maryland's eastern shore. Most experts felt that the object was a meteor. How- ever. Mr. Christie Urvack, an electronics engin~r fQr the Air Force at the Cam den-Moorestown RCA plant. felt that the object's trajectory was not correct for <il The object appeared white with a long orange tail and turned a luminous blue 11 een toward lh. latter part of its flight. Pieca appeared to break oU from the tail and appeared a~ rcddi~h-oran,::c sparks. The main nbj~t al~o l'mitt<'d of light which were very hril Jiant. Hunting parties were organized to search for the object as some witnesses felt it had fallen to earth. llowe\'er. no trace or the' object was found .