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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Cockburn Harbor 0 Was Balloon
29 May 58 S Caicos Island, Caribbean 0 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possioly Balloon
3.
Local. xGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 29/0420z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 6. SOURCE X Nas Astronomical Nas Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
CNo KNo Civilian Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER BJECTS 9. 9. COURSE COURSE 0• Other_
0•O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown Unknown
10-15 secs one falling falling
10. BRIEF SUMM 0. BRIEF Y OF SIGHTING OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright fireball w/tail extend fireball w/tail extend Slow vertical descent rules
ing ing verticall upwar wa e entire hori/out meteor. entire hori/out meteor. Obj was a flare of Obj was a flare of
zon was brightly illuminated. The fire some sort from either a/c in some sort om either a/c in
ball descended slowly & vertically area, naval units if fleet in area, naval units if fleet in
until disappearing behind the island. area or fm a local ground local ground
installation. Tbese sources not
checked & case is considered as
insufficient data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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RJEPHQ/HQ USAF
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INFO RBEPJC/COMDT COGARD INFO RBEPJC/COMDT COGARD probably sain a firbaed.
RBEGDG/COMEASTAREA COGARD
USCG GRNC
BT
MERINT REPORT X REPOJTED BY CGC GENTIAN/NRPI QUOTE FOL OBSERVED AT
29/0420Z WHILE ANCHORED OFF COCKBURN HER _SOUTH CAICOS ISL X WEA CLOUDY
CMM SEA SLIGHT CMM WIND EAST 12 KNOTS CMM AIR TEMP 82 DEG BAR 30PT08
X AN UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AMBER FIREBALL WITH TAIL EXTENDING VERTICALLY
1 UPWARDSBEARING 345 TRUE ALTITUDE 10 DEG DISTANCE TO 20 MI X THE
ENTIRE HORIZON FOR 3O DEG WAS BRIGHTLY ILLUMINATED X THE FIREBALL
DESCENDED SLOWLY AND VERTICALLY BEING VISIBLE FOR 18 TO 15 SECONDS
UNTIL DISAPPEARING G BEHIND THE ISLAND UNQUOTE
BT
CFN 2904202 12 82 30PT08 345 15 10 20 30 10 15
20/1815Z MAY RBEMO

SECL CATION
JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED/EFTO
BPAOB BELOW REBERVED FOR COMMUNIO TION OENTER
65679
PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Oheck) SYMBOL ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION
ROUTINE MERINT OF REFERENCE
ACTION BOOK MULTI SINGLE
INFO X AF dtd 29 May 58 UNCL
FROM: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
COMDR, ATIC
TO: BEMO
COMDR, 7TH COAST GUARD DISTRICT, MIAMI, FLA.
FROM: AFCIN-4E4/UNCLASSIFIED/EFTO C/TE 6-//20-E
Re MERINT Report dtd 29 1815Z May 58. Message states "while E ENCODED
anchored off Cockburn Hbr South Caicos Isl". Request your Time
GeOGrAPhiCAL,
of the location of Cockburn Hbr. In reply refer to "UFO of the location of Cockburn Hbr. In reply refer to "UFO
Incident 29 May 58, Cockburn Hbr, Caicos Isl, AFCIN-4E4. Incident 29 May 58, Cockburn Hbr, Caicos Isl, AFCIN-4E4.
COORDINATION:
nort DATE L8
AFCIN-4E
Colonel Gilbert
DATE TIME
4 1600
MONTH YEAR
JUN 58
SYMBOL SIGNATURE
AFCIN-4E4m. IS .28
TYPED NAME ANDITLE (SignatUre, if required) TYPED (or staMped) NAME AND TITLE
CAPT GEORGE T. GREGORY/KmO
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COCKBURN HARBOR 21 DEG 29 MIN NORTH 71 DEG 31 MIN WEST HARBOR 21 DEG 29 MIN NORTH 71 DEG 31 NIN WEST
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