Greensboro, N. C., February 1953February 1953

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Summary

On February 18, 1953, at 1545 (use of the Z time group), an explosion of light was reported in the air near Greensboro, North Carolina. The witnesses were varied observers in a ground-visual sighting.

The document is brief and the OCR is partly garbled. It notes that observers saw an explosion of light in the area. The Coast Guard and Weather Bureau reported the object, and no known aircraft was in the area to lose.

There were no photos and no physical evidence. The Air Force listed the cause as astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Greensboro, N. C., February 1953

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

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Transcribed text

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| 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
18 Feb 53 13/1545Z ircenscoro, ie Be
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION y
faried Astro (1/ZrZICR)
i, NUMBER OF OBJECTS ® ALE ¥ 5g ; A i
l, Coast Guard axd Weataer cureau ort bieet as bein
One BLEOYe Ze 10 rNIOWN &/C Xi3l'@ 1O0Sue
|” LENGTH OF ORSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Jaried observers saw an explosion ! he ir thi 2 it
16. TYPE OF QASERVATION n explosion of a | 'e Be vicinity of |
an und-Visual Inia aug llorth rol]
E COURSE
8, PHOTOS
0 Yes
3 Me
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
{ O Yes ; : po" ;
2 Ne J : )
FORM
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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1953 1953-02-01

Roles

observer