PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6383286

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONMiddletown Pa

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SAME OBJECT AND REPORTED IT TO BE A METEOR TRAVELLING FROM SOUTHEAST
TO NORTHVEST. APPARENT “!2E WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 INCHES IN.
DIAMETER NEAR LROUND. LAST SIGHTED AT 40-19N 7S-40W APPEARING TO

GO BELOW HILLS TO WEST OF FIELD ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, LIGHT

WAS: BLUEISH WHITE TURNING TO YELLOW. FAST RATE OF SPEED. NO SOUND.

SLIGHT TAIL SAID BY OBSERVERS TO BE MERELY DUE TO GREAT RATE OF SPEED.

WEATHER AT TIME OF SIGHTING CLEAR WITH 7 MILES VISASILITY SURFACE.

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