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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. Weil OF OBSERVATION ey ae
Local 0) Ground- Vi svol 0 Grovnd-Rador .
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A brilliant white flare
undercast observed from a/e at 8,000 ft.
A/c dispatched to inve sstigate 1 hr later
Located surfaces vessels in area/ Pilot and been m
reine srved powers, rotating white beacon at
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Addbionel information upon landing
flare was rocket type with tail in RASS | the undercast,. De!
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Belicved to be over 40 mi
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Was Balloon
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Possibly Balloon
Was Aircroft
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Possibly Aircraft
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down waa not made dus te a second incident described further in this rono ort). The
pilot, Captain Herold S. Juiin, reported the area clear, with unlimited visibility,
and with an un. lercast Ws to thea south, An estimated four su'face vasools ver
sighted in the area, all prominontly lighted. All appeared tw ba small fishing boats.
A Po} fortaL ishektie white ‘beacon was visible at St. Pierre and lights on the Nova bavi
Scotia coastline, over one hundred miles avay, were plainly seen. The pilot's He
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HETGHT AESERTED FLARL AROVE WATER 6590 TO 7500 ‘FEET, DIRECTION OF FLARES FROM
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SOTISATED 2 SCCONDS, DOMMMARD PATH ON TOP OF OVERCAST, WEATHER SOLID OVER.
Of°ST TOP 650 FES ST. VISIS(LITY DARK UNLDIITED. OBSERVERS ESTIMATS FLARE
49 MILSS FROM LAND. FLARE SISGETED DESCENDING TeRC’GH OVERCAST. NO CTFER
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db. 64-19 74058 was immediately diverted to the area and arrived at 04142.
FR conditions oxtsted and visibility was unlintted. A smell flashing oreen beacon
long wisible on an off-shore islsnd. The pilot, hovever, crpresecd dovwbt as to
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