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1. DATE 2 LOCATION

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12. CONCLUSIONS
QO Was Balloor
31 January 1963 Atlantic OS ECHO QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Setlcen
Local Bi XSround- Vi sual © Ground-Rodar = Prckchly Kiveradt
GMT 31/0600Z 0 Air Vi sual O Air-iIntercept Radar QO Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomicoi Meteor |
O Yes QO Probably Astronomical
HWo Military & Civilian © Possibly Astronomice!
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluction
9-10 seconds one exploding Ore
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four air sightings of bright flash or Object viewed By several sources
explosion, Report of white light mov- over wide area, Description
ing in southern sky toward horizon characteristic of bolide type
at rate of shooting star, Short tail meteor.
of sparks or debris & obj exploded with
| sufficient brilliance to light up
| sea for 5-10 seconds, Explosion
described by some witness as like show¢r
! | of sparks from sky rocket. MERINT rpt
from USS Dunwirk.

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1. AT 3196882 WATCH PERS OBSERVED WHITE LIGHT MOVING IN
SOUTHERN SKY FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND FROM 34-48 DEG ELEVATION
TOWARD HORIZON AT RATE COMPARABLE TO SHOOTING STAR. SHORT TRAIL
OF SPARKS OR DEBRIS FOLLOWING O3JECT WAS BRIGHTER THAN OBJECT
ITSELF.

2. OBJECT BECAME BRIGHTER APPEARING ALMOST TO GROW THEN SEEMED
TO aes TO ILLUMINATE THE SEA FOR ABOUT a= ah SEC. THIS

ROCKET BUT THIS NOT CONFIRMED BY ALL. ALTERNATE RELIABLE
DESCRIPTION SAYS LIGHT WAS BRILLIANT FLASH WITHOUT SPARKS,

5. MERCHANT VESSEL IN SIGHT AT TIME GAVE NAME DUNKIRK BY

FLASHING LIGHT, PLOTTED CSE @56 SPEED ll.
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