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E | 12. coNcLUSIONS
|0 Was Ballean
6 March 1963 | fa ECL ra |0 Probably Balloon
—— ra EEE RE p- ote —1 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE ¢ OF oBs JRVATION |
Leeal — AXKGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a garth upg HY |
Cenc — HKAir Vi suel ~~ O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
6. SOURCE | MX Was Astronomicalmeteor
| O Probably Astronomical
LN | Civilian & Military DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other |
| | |0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
generally |O0 Unknown
| 1 Seconds, maximum One | North
[10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cylindrical object estimated up to 50]
| ft long observed in flight to N for Meteor sighting. No decay at
4 second period, Light blue ces fallihe sae Lime According to SPADATS,
nose, Splinters or small pieces fallihg ann ives ~on consistent with an|
from sides, [nitial observation at | WaR=Znis ag meteor, |
B I. 40 dgrs, elevation with burnout at
L 20 dgr above horizon, Also two pilots
taxiing a/c observed similar object
! thought object to be meteor, Extract
p from 06/1637Z in Arkansas, Louisiana
hb and Texas included sighting at 06/1655 |
| fm civilian at Chennault AFB of ah] described as bright falling metallic]