December 1952 | Laddafb, Alaska
L. DATE
8 Nec 52
DATETIME GROUP
he
El Borodin Eom BB EEE ey ek i il —
RR TIE BE
oer 9/0518 &
. Wi
15, SPMSTOS
\ 2 Ves
= Ma
i “En Ta of SOSESVATION
i EE
oe ies Ries
rw a = - = ooo
GM
OCR recovered text quality varies — view PDF for accurate reading.
g EE Tea [15 CORCAURONs :
O Was Balloon
RAS Washington |© Probably Balloon
“| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION . Possibly Balloon
I" Local — XX Ground. Visual O Ground-Radar QO Was Aireraft
|Q Probably Aircraft
= Possibly Aircraft
(XXWas Astronomical Meteor |
t Probably Astreanomical |
| c AirsIntercept Radar
XN. Possibly Astronomical
E2 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | &. Es oF ¢ BRETT COURSE [0 Other |
| Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
| eT [J 3 i
__2 seconds hig ddl) OBE ll [eee DUMB Sha Se = ol he]
lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ro “111. COMMENTS = En— m———
Large red fireball, size of en f | This was without doubt a;meteor.
| pencil beld at arm's length, red, We are now having the Geminid shower.
| leaving contrails, There was an explo-
| sion & ball of smoke. Smoke lasted
until sundown,
|
ATIC FORM 329 9 (REV 28 SEP $2)