Upper Volta, Africa, August 1962August 1962

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Summary

On August 14, 1962, an object fell to the ground in Upper Volta, Africa. The object came down during the afternoon and caused alarm among field workers. There was a loud noise and a bright light overhead.

The object was about the size of a grapefruit and weighed about 8 kilograms. It was found in a hole about 40 centimeters deep and 3 meters wide. The object itself was recovered from the ground.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force assumed the object was a meteorite and said it was sent to Brookhaven for analysis.

Reported location

Upper Volta, Africa, August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
EE A ce BBs OA 020 FO tne SSS
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
14 Ausust 1962 Upper Volta, Africa 5 cho 4 hth
Ee, SR, a wt ho Lh cl. SEE .
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION isi ot at
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3 DV LV 3 0 Wos Aircroft
. Leecol FRATEGIE W -  WR RNC UOn xk Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rodor Q Probebly Aircraft
oMy___+3/15007 O Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
g 5.. PHOTOS ; 8. SOURCE xX Was Astronomical N22 t e0rl te
Q Yes Physical DO Probably Astronomical
: XXNe Specimen | Civilian . Tossivly Astronomics!
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EE RE al ROR
: O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation :
: ; ! i 0 Unknown
recovered object One found on grouhd
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object fell causing alarm to field Assumed meteorite, Sent to
workers, Loud noise and hright light Brookhaven for analysis,
overhead in afternoon. Size of grape-
fruit, object weighing 8 kilos. Found
in hole 40 cm deep 3 meters wide, |
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