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UFOB INDEX CARD
AISS-UP 0B-3.40-5;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2"+-0ot-5i Thermopolis, Wyoe © Wes Belloon
10 0¢/ s+ O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
CO Wes Aivreret
10f11402Z Oct 57 XB Ground-Vi svel © Ground-Reder S eae,
O Possibly Aircraft
O Air Visual © Air-intercept Radar
5. PHOTO - SOUP & Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE a Se eg ag a
n ent Uot ti
+ second Straight Oo aio @ for Cvaivation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Bne round white object the size of a Concur with Reporting Officer that
quarter at arm’s length. Object flew straight | thie sighting wae caused by a meteor.
from 100 degrees to 230 degrees in + second.
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Pilot Sees F ireball Falk|
After Near Collision
“2° By Associated Press /
DENVER, Oct. 10—A brilliant ball of fire described as i facie as} *
a house, blazed across western skies in the pre-<dawn darkness
today. It whizzed so close to a Navy plane carrying 39 persons
|that the pilot had to make a sharp turn to avoid a collision.
‘ Scientists said they are sure the flaming object was a meteorite
and had no connection with the Russian satellite launched last week.
The Navy transport plane pilot,
Lt. Cmdr. W, I’, Norris, said after|Object came driving out of the
seeing the fireball, he circlea|north.
over it and saw it crash in rugeed| 4 —_— pe dae oe wane
country near the Colorado-Utah plane and appeared to have
border. Norris said he had to/burned out about 1,000 feet be-
bank sharply to avoid the fireball. | low. The plane was flying at 17,-
Headquarters of the North 000 feet at the time and was
American Air Defense Command] ot Myton Utaky st its checkpoint .
at Colorado Springs said flyers} An Air Force bomber pilot. Lt.
will. search the area east of My- | George Wortell of Cleveland, said |
ton, in east-central Utah. , |he thought for a time it was on
Airplane mots and night toilers|a collision course with his plane, |
all the way from North Dakota-to| and: ’ |
Utah told of seeing the flaming} “. .. When it passed instead of |
sky wanderer illuminating the hitting us, excitement turned to
heavens. awe. The cockpit was lit up like
Capt. E, A. Anderson, who was|daylight ... it was a big ball of
in the plane’s cockpit when the| blue-white fire only five or 10
fireball first was seen, said the|miles away...”
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