Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Moravian UFO Thought to be Falling Satellite
AI-Generated Summary
This document reports on a 1991 sighting of a glowing, comet-like object over South Moravia. Astronomers concluded the event was likely a satellite burning up in the atmosphere.
This intelligence report, dated 22 January 1991, details a sighting of a mysterious aerial phenomenon in South Moravia, specifically near Uhersky Brod. According to a CTK report, eyewitnesses observed an unidentified flying object on the night of 18 January 1991, between 2317 and 2320 local time. The object was described as having a comet-like appearance with a tail from which burning pieces were occasionally falling. It was noted to be at a relatively high altitude, moving quickly from north to south, and glowing with the intensity of a full moon. The event was also observed by astronomers, who concluded that the phenomenon was likely the destruction of a satellite or a fragment of one burning up upon entering the upper atmosphere.
IT LOOKED LIKE A COMET'S TAIL FROM WHICH BURNING PIECES WERE OCCASIONALLY FALLING.
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Official Assessment
Astronomers assume that this phenomenon involved the destruction of a satellite or, as the case may be, part of one which burned up when it reached the upper atmosphere.
The phenomenon observed in South Moravia was likely a satellite or satellite fragment burning up in the atmosphere.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- AstronomersObservers who provided an assessment of the phenomenon