Muskwa, British Columbia, Canada, February 1962February 1962

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Summary

On February 2, 1962, a civilian witness near Muskwa, British Columbia, Canada, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was made at about 1641 GMT, during the day, and lasted about 1 minute.

The object was round and reddish in color, about the size of a washtub. It was described as a brilliant fire falling toward the ground from the northwest. It broke up into two funnels of fire and disappeared below the trees. A nearby weather station at Fort St. John reported a meteor in the same area at about 1640 GMT.

The Air Force record card lists this case as astronomical, a meteor. The card notes that although the witness reported a 1 minute duration, the time was probably overestimated, and the witness most likely saw the meteor reported by the Fort St. John weather bureau.

Reported location

Muskwa, British Columbia, Canada, February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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TEE» PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

1 : O Was Balloon

2 Feb 62 Miskva, British Columbia, Canada |g probably Balloon

] 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WE ATRRNRY. Benton

O Was Aircraft

a ee 2D Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
our__02/1641Z 0 Air Viswal D Air-Intercept Radar [DO Possibly Aireraft |
' 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE A Was Astronomical Meteor ‘
EE 0 Yes 3 O Probably Astronomical |
4 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
8 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BNR il iin
¥ O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
1 min one NW 0 Unknown

|. |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| ‘ound object, reddish in color, size of a wash- | Although the duration for the sighting
f ub. Broke up into 2 funnels of fire. Described | was reported as 1 min, the case is evalu
. Bs "brilliant fire" observed falling toward the | ated as a meteor. Since no mention of the
; ground from the NW. Disappeared below trees. meteor which appeared at the same time ag

bservation during the day. Fort St. John re- the sighting was made by the witness, it

: orted. metecr at 02/1640Z in this area, is felt that the time was overestimated

: | and the witness observed the metecr re-

ported by the St. John weather bureau.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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