PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8666730

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONNorthwestern U S

FRAMES7

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PROJECT
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
NcrthwesternU.S. Was Bolloon
28 May 1962 Southwestern Canada 000 Probobly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION Possibly Bolloon
Local243 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Ahcraft
000 Probubly Aireraft
GMT 29. 106432 AirVisual Air-intereept Rodor Possibly Airerair
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
OYes D00 Probobly Astronomicul
a No Civilian Possibly Astronomieal
7. LENGT OF OBSERYATION 0. 9. COURSE Other Firehall
90D Inxufficlent Data for Evgluation
1 5 Unknown
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
An extremely bright object, colored green, This object poosesses the character-
orange and white streaked across the sky fm' istics outlined for that class of meteor
numbers of known as a fireball. Re-entries of
people. Object was Some vievers artiricial satellites would produce
estimsting it at 200' long, was shaped display, but
like a ball and had a long tail like a bell and had , a long tail or trail. or trail. no re-entry occurred on this date.
Tail appeared to be burning Tail appeared to be burning and and pieces Dr. R. M. Tepettre, Dominion Astro-
falling from the object. Physical observatory reported the
object to be a meteor.
ATIC PORM 329
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Lt Col Friend 29 July 1962
TDE.
Here is an article out of the Awake Magazine/
Was it a leteor.
On may 28 th a Hudge multicolored fireball streaked through the sky
hudge Neteor
oowered
It passed overhead at about 40o Ft. But didnt make a sound. The
Vancouver SUN reported that it broke up the MoUNTIES* PORTLAND Baseball
Game at Capilano Stadium for about three minutes as fans and players
scurried for shelter .... D DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC SLOWED TO A CRAWL AS NOTORIST
Cranned their necks to sec the object. AN EXCITED POLICElAN RADIOED Cranned their necks to see the object. AN EXCITED POLICElAN RADIOED
headquarters that an airliner was burning in the sky Witnesses said headquarters that an airliner was burning g in the sky Witnesses said I it was it was
BLUE RED GOLD AND ALL BLUE RED GOLD AND ALL I THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW. THEY JARED SWITCHBOARDS THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW. THEY JANED SWITCHBOARDS
AT POLICE STATIONS NEWSPAPERS AT POLICE STATIONS S NWSPAPERS OFFICES OFFICES STATIONS AND NILITARY.
With excited queries.
Now lets see The Holy Now lets see The Holy Bible ZECHariah 5 verse 1 From the Bible i got at
Westover FA.F.B.
THEN I TUKLED AND LIFTED UP MIN: EYES, AND LOOKED, AND BIHOLD A FLVING
ROLL, AND HF SAID UNTO ME, WIAT S EST THOU? ND I AUSIERED I SEE A
FLYING ROLL. TIN LENGEH TH REOF IS TWENTY CUBITS AND THE I BREATH THEREOF
TENI CUBITS
LeT US SmE E A CUBIT IS) ABOUT 18-20 inches. so its 111 yards long 4-36
by 55 yards - 20/36 th.
ous est that it all be
sincerely

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