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PROJECT 10073 RECORD .
1. DATE - TIME GROUP LOCATION
19 May 1949 19/2100(4) St Louis, Missouri (NAS)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Military Astro (METEOR)
NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 Seconds or Less Object appear iust 89 ball fire. that 0 ddenly
out behind it.
6.1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visial
7. COURSE
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6. PHOTOS
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such reports but the message to them was undeliverable, with a recomrendation
that it be forwarded to your command.
2. your informetion
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or fist at arms Meteor
8. Color of object: White light
9. Shape descrip
Small round size of meteor.
10. Altitude (Angle levation above
900 overhead): 20° - 300
11. Direction fro clockwise from North):
When first 1450 When last seen? 2250
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Clear sky; after dark.
Name and address of observ 2 Louis,Mo.
Occupat: ICDR lesale Meat
Comments of relative to intelligence. and charactor of
observer . police dept., FBI ds. employor,etc):
None
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e. Did radar echo signal disappear suddenly
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Were there cations ise on cir-
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5. If object tacted earth. samples without
depression or objec purposes aking com-
parison of so
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6. Obtain photographs negatives where ays
not, secure sketches of:
a Object :
b. Surrounding terrain where object was observed
c. Place whore object contacted earth (i this happened)
d. Maneuvers
e. Formation (if more than two)
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13. Fast to Hest -
14. Time in sight
15. Speed
16. Sound and odor
18. I Luminosity
19. Projections
20. Maneuvers
21.M Manner of disappearance suddenly
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shoot out large sparks frOn the trailing end of same. I sign led
Lt to look and as he did the object seem to disintegrate. There
were no clouds in this immediatem vicinity as We were between the object
and the cloud bank to the North.
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15. Speed 400 mph 1
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10. Altitude 20-30° elevation
11. D Direction from observer F south 1450 lant se 22:
12. D Distance from observer - unaten to etuatle
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14. Time in sight 30a
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