Cloquet, MinnesotaApril 1963

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Summary

On April 24, 1963 (about 10:58 p.m. local time by Greenwich time), a civilian in Cloquet, Minnesota, reported a tear shaped object about the size of a football. It was bluish, like a fireball, with a bright tail and no exhaust. The witness was a chief of guards at a local company. The sighting lasted about 5 seconds.

The object was already in view and falling when first noticed, at about 45 degrees above the horizon. It arced from east to west and dropped to about 30 degrees before a building blocked the view. The night was clear.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, said the description and all data indicated a meteor. The case was evaluated as astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Cloquet, Minnesota

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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3 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
A fr os =] Vas Bailoon
3 ri 3 : ota [w] Probably Balloon
: el Sia 8 NFO. abn Ci ogue: Clo uet, Minnes ~———| 3 Possibly Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
1 Ua eaiiiin cots Soh clint] il oh EU HE Xround- Visual | O Ground-Radar a Bionably Alverath
3 GMT 24/02582 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft !
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE BX Was Astronomical meteor i
i QO Yes O Probably Astronomical |
E - 3 A SEG Hib O Possibly Astronomical i
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (Dox 31 TsO Aleit ERE HES Te
ie O Insufficient Doto for Evaluction|
3 i O Unknown ‘
3 Tn in ae Le ER Ae] ERP 0 [0 Se ERT SOR ONT] ACO NG CE SI NNR |
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS |
i ‘90 shaped a8joct size of football un = Description and all data
observation for 5 seconds, Falling in indicate meteor sighting, i
3 arc from West oo East. Bright tail with t
no exhaust. Described as a bluish | i
; fireball,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 5EP 52) : 37

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