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CASE REFERENCE6967032

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONEOf Hawaiian Islands

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12. CONCLUSIONS

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OSJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
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10. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Brilliant flash at 5-6 thousand feet. One
observer believed caused by meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

11. COMMENTS

The flash, was probably the entry of
a meteor into the earth's atmosphere
where it broke up.

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| CIRVIS Evaluation -— CIRVIS Rept. Co-Pilot observed bright
‘waite ellumination behind clouds below 8,000 ft. lLa&sted 1 to 2 seconds
no object visible -ODServer believes caused by Meteor. Evaluation -

Meter entry. Maj Paul Roberts D.I.

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