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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  7 Dec 63 | Pennsylvania | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 340 YR OUT 07/22/63 | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATIO…

December 16, 1963

Dear Mr. [redacted]:

This is in response to your letter of December 12, 1963, in which you request any reports the Air Force may have received on two fireballs which individually appeared over Pennsylvania on November 27th and December 7th.

The Foreign Technology Division advises us that they have not received any reports on this phenomena up to the present time. However, it may be a little early part for the December 7th sighting to have reached their office. They advise us that they will send this Headquarters any and all reports of these sightings they may received, and…

UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA 4

Flower and Cook Observatory
196' Dec. 12

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

Dear Sir:

Two very brilliant fireballs appeared over Pennsylvania on Nov. 27 at 6:05 p.m. EST and on Dec. 7 about 5:40 a.m. EST.

Many reports, particularly on the former, have come in and I wish to compute the paths and orbits of both.

If reports on either or both of these fireballs have been sent in to you, would you be kind enough to send me copies of them?

If paths can be compute…

UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA 4

Flower and Cook Observatory
1963 Dec. 12

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

Dear Sir:

Two very brilliant fireballs appeared over Pennsylvania on Nov. 27 at 6:05 p.m. EST and on Dec. 7 about 5:40 p.m. EST.

Many reports, particularly on the former, have come in and I wish to compute the date and orbits of both.

If reports on either or both of these fireballs have been sent in to you, would you be kind enough to send me copies of them?

If paths can be computed…

December 16, 1963

Dear Mr. :

This is in response to your letter of December 12, 1963, in which you request any reports the Air Force may have received on two fireballs which individually appeared over Pennsylvania on November 27th and December 7th.

The Foreign Technology Division advises us that they have not received any reports on this phenomena up to the present time. However, it may be a little early yet for the December 7th sighting to have reached their office. They advise us that they will send this Headquarters any and all reports of these sightings they may received, and in turn we…