11.55N 73.15W Atlantic Ocean, November 1959November 1959

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Summary

On the night of November 24, 1959, an object was reported from the ship Santa Monica in the Atlantic Ocean, near 11 degrees north and 73 degrees west. The witness was described as a young civilian observer. The sighting lasted about four seconds.

The object was a bright fiery object heading east, at about a 45 degree elevation and a bearing of 340 degrees. It exploded and burst like a roman candle.

The Air Force concluded the description was characteristic of a bolide, a bright meteor. The card lists the case as astronomical, a meteor. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

11.55N 73.15W Atlantic Ocean, November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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4 5
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% PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
RE RL AGATION. : ¥ TTTTN2. CONCLUSIONS i
a Was Balloon
24 Wow 5¢ 11.58 .15W Atlantic Ocean € Probably Balloon
5 L ove no 1.900 43. 190 Aviantic ( ~—————=—I [0 Possibly Balloon i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i W 5 . |
ER Rats ee nM ir (TRAD GK RT @:Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 5 Biebally Rivereti
GMT 25/00457, ol 0 Air Visuol O Air-Insercept Radar |B Possibly Aircroft |
5. PHOTOS eT 8. SOURCE 5: & Was Astionomical Meteor
0 Yes OC! Probably Astronomical
a + No Civilian Eley ha 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other Fab ET Co
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
Eom a Rueben on Tope exploding i. = wo.
$10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ) |
. Bright firey obj heading East at 45° Description characteristic of a bolide
‘lelev obseived to explede like a roman observation, and case is listed as a
candle. meteor sighting. :
. ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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