| ID | #1632758647 |
| Added | Mon, 27/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The New York Times
|
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Initial data
New York, New York, TIMES, December 10, 1965, page 32.
PITTSBURGH, December 9. UPI. - A flash of orange fire or "fireball" was seen in the sky today by airplane pilots and residents of six states and Canada.
Debris was reported falling in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Sources in the Pentagon indicated that, in their opinion, it was a meteorite. Dr. Paul Annier of Baldwin College in Berea, Ohio, said the object could have been a bolide, a meteor that disintegrates when it falls to earth.
An orange flash was seen in Windsor, Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and New York, as well as in Northern West Virginia.
This evening, state police, the army and the Air Force gathered in a wooded mountainous area 30 miles south of here, where a woman reported seeing a round, smoldering object collapse to the ground.
Near Lapeer, Michigan, 40 miles north of Detroit, two small stacks of crushed foil were found in a swamp after the sheriff's department received reports that a fireball had fallen there.
Original news
New York, New York, TIMES, 10 December 1965, page 32
ORANGE FIRE FLASH SEEN OVER 6 STATES
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9 (UPI) - A flash of orange fire or a "fireball" was sighted in the sky today by airplane pilots and residents in six states and Canada.
Falling debris was reported in ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Pentagon sources indicated they believed it was a meteorite. Dr. Paul Annear at Baldwin College in Berea, Ohio, said the object could have been a bolide, a meteor that disintegrates while falling to earth.
The orange flash was sighted in Windsor, Ont., Michigan, Indiana, Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and New York, and Northern West Virginia.
State policemen and Army and Air Force officials converged tonight on a wooded, mountainous area, 30 miles south of here, where a woman reported seeing a round, smoldering object crash to the earth.
Near Lapeer, Mich., 40 miles north of Detroit, two small stacks of shredded foil were found in a swamp after the sheriff's department received reports of a ball of fire crashing there.
Hypotheses
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Vostok-2 Payload: Kosmos 99 (Zenit-2 #32)
Investigation
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