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2. LOCATION 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 300 local 3 Oct 53 04/01007, North Rome, Pa 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS $. LENGTH OF O8SERVATION 15 min ASTRONOMICAL: ARCTURUS Arcturs at 5 deg elev, 295 deg az in position to set at 2000. Sighting characteristic of astro body. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS No sound, stationary orange light pulsating, larger than star, slight movement in close erea, observed on previous 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ———, ground visual 7. COURSE stationary 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE O Yes O Ne FORM rete a FTD ser 63 0-329 (TDE)  provicus editions of this form may be used.

a a a ih ate Dalit tee eth tiant il id ie CE ae eee Di ER oe Dhlek Le ee e e ‘ai — _ " — ne Ee " | UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 2D DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS 72 &. 10TH STREET NEW YORK 3, NEW YORK IN REPLY REFER TO: Pha--261 SUBJECT: (Unclassified) Unidentified Object seen in the Air at 8:00 to 8:15mm. on 10/3/53 at North Rome Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania SPECIAL INQUIRY TOs Commander Air ‘echnical Intel Wright-Patterson Air Ohio 27 JAN 1954 nce Center orce Base 1. The New York “iel…

“UNCLASSIFIED 2D OSI File 2h-0-261 Ltr to? Commander, ATIC Subj: Unidentified Object seen inthe Air .... Mrs. @@iiMeinformed her husband that she had observed the object in the sane location several times previously this YOR o QGP recalled a rumor that a metalic flying object was found several years previously in approximately the same area where he had si the unidentifiable object on October 3, 1953. stated that he is available at the United States Department of Labor, 215 Montague Street, Brooklyn, for any additional assistence that he might render, " A ce = . 2. No investigation is contempl…

Meteors in the Records : The American Meteoritics Society, whose members specialize in | the study of meteors and meteorites, for years have collected re- ports of such phenomena. From a large enough number of good descriptions of a given meteor, astronomers car analyze the data mathematically and determine the meteor’s radiant—the point in the heavens from which it seems to come. The meteor is then identi- fied by its radiant and given an AMS number. The data were pub- lished in Metcoritics, the journal of the society, and thus made available for future research. | The records of the society …

‘eer ‘ ee ee | , Only Philadelphia, Pa - October 1953 Information On. eee, @ 149 pag Caurce: American Meteor Society for ; - Bre “» : tom ar - ¥ > > ga 5 : j . % i iad ‘ i ” 5 ae a bd: - i Te : “ i Rt le Se BS , FIREBALL OF 1953 OCTOBER 7/8 , A.MLS. No. 2377 * On this date a bright fireball or bolide was observed at 7:32 p.m., E.S.T., by W. G. A Clearver at New Fiaven, Conn., $1, and by Leith Holloway, Philadelphia, Pa., $2. f The whole path, with a diagram, was obtained at S1 and part of the path (rest ob. re the path was given as vert ical, and coordinates ns no lasting train, and that it ex…