Bakersville, North CarolinaApril 1958

: : iG PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a |
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4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS ifr]
: 0 Was Balloon
i 2 ADT E08 Bakersville, North Carolina |G Probably Balloon
4 a ATT apr 9s Pde oem ee 0 Possibly Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP le TYPE OF O3SERVATION
Ey ; 0 Was Aircraft
3 , Vis -
1 Ig] pro reall ne ote SMT on CRE Ly Oi #IX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar OQ Probably Aircraft
3 a : :
4 Hi GATE: 13/01207 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE GZ Was Astronomical Mo Leon
3 0 Yes 01 Probably Astronomical
SEXNo ) Civ ilian : Hi a 0 Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF 035ERVATION ~ | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (EN oY) BC mL Tie TS Ee
: [m] nadia Data for Evaluotion
1 ; 0
1 not rptd one South kre
| CR a
E 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj looked like shooting star observed Sputnik decayad on 14 Apr. Obser-
3 Rptd as possible decay of Sputnik II1.| vation has chracteristics: ofa
4 Followed curve toward Earth in fall. | meteor sighting & the case is
; Red glow in color. evaluated as a meteor sighting,
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)