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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 14 Oct 55 | 2. LOCATION 1. NW of San Angelo, Tex 2. 50 Miles N of Del Rio, Texas | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 14/1600Z | 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 military (pilots) | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 five seconds 2 thirty seconds | 8…

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15 OCT 55 17 25
2701N-4E4
3 4
2701N-4E4
4X2a

WPC 159 YMA 152 WYA 192 WDB 1115LKA 21
CO RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJUFLK 3R
G 151600Z
FM COMAIRDIV 47 WALKER AFB NMEX
TO RJEDEN/COMADC ENT AFB COL
RJEDWP/COMATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DI HQ USAF WASH 25 D.C.

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/UNCLASSIFIED/SWOI 5111-13. UFOB. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, PARA 7, UFOB, THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS IN TWELVE PARTS.
PART I. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT.
A. LARGE RED FIRE BALL.
B. SIZE OF A DIME HELD AT ARM'S LENGTH
C. REDDISH ORANGE
D. ONE EA.
E. N/A
F. N/A
G. WHITE SMOKE TRAIL NOTED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS DURATION.

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PART II. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
A. ORIGINAL OBSERVATION
B. LEVEL 3D,000 FEET
C. 1 DEGREES FROM OBSERVER'S POSITION. ALTITUDE 3D,000 FEET.
D. FROM WEST TO EAST CURVING TOWARD GROUND.
E. APPEARED TO BURN OUT WITH A BRILLIANT FLASH.
F. FIVE SECONDS.

PART III. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
A. AIR TO AIR VISUAL
B. N/A
C. AIRBORNE B-47E AIRCRAFT TAIL NUMBER 53-2349. ALTITUDE 3D,000 FEET
HEADING 100 DEGREES. SPEED 480 KNOTS GROUND SPEED. HOME STATION
WALKER AFB, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.

PART IV. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
A. 14/1600Z
B. DAY

PART V. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: 31 DEG…

SPECIALITY OF REPORT - 2.

PART III. WEATHER AND WINGS - ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING

A. CLAR

B. SEE DEGREE AT 30 HOURS AT 30,000 FEET.

C. UNLIMITED DEILING

D. UNLIMITED VISIBILITY

E. NONE

F. N/A

PART VIII. NEGATIVE

PART IX. INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN: REPORTED OBSERVATION TO MIDLAND AND SAN ANGELO RADIOS. ADVISED NOTIFICATION OF FLIGHT SERVICE, FORT-WORTH AREA. NOTIFIED FLIGHT SERVICE UPON LANDING AT WALKER AFB.

PART X. LOCATION OF AND AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING: NEGATIVE.

PART XI. POSITION TITLE AND COMMENTS OF THE PREPARING OFFIC…

NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY)
14 Oct 55
New Orleans, La

SOURCE: CRIFO Newsletter 4 Nov 55

# "SPACE FIREBALL BLOWS UP, SETS OFF LOUISIANA FIRES"

Case 110, At least five southern states, 10:00 a.m. Oct. 14, '55—Quoted above are the giant headlines which appeared in the New Orleans States. The story itself filled two columns. Clippings received from other cities indicate similar concern, but for an abridgment we refer to a report sent in by Richard Hall of New Orleans, the paraphrase "Halls" report in which he quotes from the New Orleans Times "Mysterious fireball... not all a flurry of plane cra…