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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | 1. DATE 17 Dec 55 | 2. LOCATION Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Olathe, Kansas Lincoln, Nebr | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon | | --- | --- | --- | | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 18/0934Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft | | 5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical | | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS many | 9. COURSE …
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 A child's painting of the great Kansas-Oklahoma fireball of 17 December 1955. It lit the sky up as bright as day. Because fireballs this big are rare and occur without warning, scientists must depend on reports from the general public. No really great fireball has ever been photographed in flight. This is why this painting has scientific value. Two views are shown here. In one the fireball is coming across the sky. The other (left) shows the explosion at the end. Even rough sketches made on the spot are valuable to fireball study. What does a scientist do with repor…
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/UNCLASSIFIED/ADCC 10212 REF MSG CPNS GUS OPUS REPORT 430TH AVE SQ OMAHA NEBR DTG 18/0334Z DEC 55 PD FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED BY ADCC SUBMITTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION PD ABLE ONE DASH STREAK IN SKY ALSO A BIG FLASH ABLE EIGHT DASH BROKEN SOUND ECHO DASH FOUR POSITIONS KM4611 KL2505 KL0335 KL0208 PD ADCC REMARKS DASH THE LINCOLN NEBR JOURNAL AND LINCOLN RAILROAD YARD REPORTED LOUD TO MODERATE EXPLOSIONS IN AREA AT REPORTED TIME PD A BEACHCRAFT FLYING AT 2500 FT IN KANSAS CITY AREA REPORTED TO 738TH AC&W SQDN OLATHE KANSAS THAT IT WAS ALMOST HIT BY SOME RED AND GREEN FLARES P…
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 Most people know that you see and hear a high-flying jet plane at different spots in the sky. This is because sound travels so much slower than does light. However some people report a "second sound" that seems to come directly from the jet. This may be related to the fireball problem.  The great daylight fireball of Sikhote-Aline (Russia) brought no reports of sounds. It did create induced currents in wires near the ground.  The great fireball of March 24, 1933, was seen from Texas to Colorado. It left this luminous…
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