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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 20 April 1958 | 2. LOCATION | NE of Boston, Ga. | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 2/0119Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Redor ☐ Air-Intercept-Redor | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military | ☑ Was Astronomical METEOR ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 4…

AFCIN-4848
Fireballs
19 AUG 1959
SAFIS-3 (Major L. J. Tucker)

1. In answer to a request by Dr. [redacted], the following information is submitted:

a. 20 April 1958, 2019 MBT - Two aircraft at 9000 feet altitude, located at 30 degrees 50'N 83 degrees 45'W, east of Thomasville, Georgia, sighted the following object: round, light green, increasing in intensity as it approached the aircraft. Object had a trail smaller than the diameter of object, pink, then dark compared to clouds; approach speed from the northeast toward the aircraft was like a meteor, heading southwest. Object passed between t…

UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA 4

FLOWER AND COOK OBSERVATORIES 1959 July 30

Executive Officer,
Public Information Division
Office of Information Service
Department of the Air Force
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Last year the Executive Officer very kindly, in reply to a request from me for information about certain fireballs which appeared in 1957, sent me a considerable amount of useful information, which can be used in the solution of the atmospheric paths and orbits of these bodies.

During the past year or so a large number of fireballs have appeared over the eastern or south east…

c. 14 December 1958, Wilmington, Delaware and over Stillwater, Pa., 0043 MST - One object the size of a baseball, first observed 80 degrees above horizon, traveled west to east, broke into three parts, leaving a slight trail, and disappeared to the east. Object observed for five to six seconds.

h. 14 December 1958, Washington, D.C., 0043 MST - Round object, size of grapefruit, yellowish to light green, with tail similar to a canot tail. First sighted approximately overhead, disappeared 45 degrees above horizon to the north. Observed for 15 to 30 seconds.

i. 11 February 1959, south of Rocking…