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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
24 Feb 59 Rapid City, Mich. 00 Probably Balloon
3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_24/1130Z XAirVisual Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ax Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
O.No Civil Airlines 0 PossiblyAstronomical
OF OBSER 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for aluation
Unknown
30.45 Saas one ENE to WNW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rpund, bluish-white obj which broke Obj was probably a large meteor.
apart after straight and level flight. Time duration reported is rather long
for a meteor, Hcwever duration does
not rule meteor out.
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FIERY OBJECT LIGHTS
SKY OVER MICHIGAN
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EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 24-UP-A flaming 'bluish
green object streaked over Michigan about 6:30 a.m. today.
State troopers in both lower and upper Michigan sighted it
traveling from east to west. Radio stations had calls from
excited citizens who also saw the object.
Two operators in the control tower of the Grand i Rapids
airport in western Michigan said they believed it was a
meteorite. The operators, Join Moore and Robert Boylan, said
the object also was sighted at airport control towers in Chicago
and Madison, Wis.
"It was a dandy," Moore and Boylan 'It was a dandy," Moore and Boylan agreed. "The best agreed. "The best
meteorite we ever saw. It must have been a gocd-sized one meteorite we ever saw. It must have been a gocd-sized one
because it locked like it was just northwest of Grand Rapids
going from east to west. It was shooting off sparks before it going from east to west. It was shooting off sparks before it
appeared to disintegrate."
The sky was clear just before dawn and observers got a
good look at the object.
Radio station WHGR in Houghton Lake in north central Radio station WHGR in Houghton Lake in north central
lower Michigan received a call from a man at nearby Roscom-
mon who said, "It scared hell out oi me."
FIERY FIEDV OBJECT LIGHTS
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EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 24(.P-A flaming bluish
green object streaked over Michigan about 6:30 a.m. today.
State troopers in both lower and upper Michigan sighted it
traveling from east to west. Radio stations had calls from
excited citizens who also saw the object.
Two operators in the control tower of the Grand Rapids ,
airport in western Michigan said they believed it was a
meteorite. The operators, John Moore and Robert Boylan, said
the object also was sighted at airport control towers in Chicago
and Madison, Wis.
"It was a dandy." Moore and Boytan agreed. "The best
meteorite we ever saw. It must have been a good-sized one
because it looked like it was just northwest of Grand Rapids
going from east to west. It was shooting off sparks before it
appeared to disintegrate."
The sky was clear just before dawn and observers got a
good look at the object.
Radio station WHGR in Houghton Lake in north central
lower Michigan received a call from a man at nearby Roscom-
mon who said, "It seared hell out of me."