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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  24 Feb 59 | Rapid City, Mich. | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 24/1130Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civil Airlines | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30-45 Secs | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE ENE to WNW ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for E…

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"WFO" REPORT

(1) ROUND (2) 1/8 INCH AT ARMS LENGTH (3) BLUISH WHITE (4) ONE (5) M/A (6) ROUND (8) NONE (9) NONE. B(1) THOUGHT WAS AIRCRAFT OR LANDING LIGHT (2) 15 DEGREES (3) SAME (4) STRAIGHT AND LEVEL (5) BROKE APART DONE SLIGHTLY (6) 38-45 SECONDS. FROM DETROIT ARTC. C. (1) OPTICAL (2) NONE (3) VISUAL…

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(2) NONE REMARKS: AIRCRAFT WAS DC4, P 478 FROM MKG VC16 MBS
SIGHTING APPEARED TO BE A METEOR OF VERY BRIGHT INTENSITY
TRAVELING ENE TO WNW ON A HORIZONTAL PATH VISIBLE 30-45 SECONDS,
REPORTS BY PORT ARTHUR TOWER ONTARIO CANADA, MKG TOWER MKE
TOWER AND MSN TOWER OBJECT SEEN BY MDW TOWER GLEN GRAY INTER-
SECTION 28 MILES EAST OF VALDOR VISIBLE APPROXIMATELY 30
SECONDS. GLADUYNE ATCS RECEIVED CALL FROM BAY CITY POLICY
REPORTED TO MBS ATCS. ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM DETROIT
ARTC AT 1133Z CARL HOWARD WATCH SUPERVISOR.

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Fiery Object Lights Sky Over Michigan
24 Feb 58 D Daily News

East Lansing, Mich., Feb. 24—(AP)—A flaming bluish green object streaked over Michigan about 6:30 a.m. today.
State troopers in both lower and upper Michigan sighted it traveling from east to west. Radio stations had calls from excited citizens who also saw the object.
Two operators in the control tower of the Grand Rapids airport in western Michigan said they believed it was a meteorite. The operators, John Moore and Robert Boylan, said the object also was sighted at airport control towers in Chicago and Madison, Wis.
"It was a dan…