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Project Blue Book file, 9 December 1965 fireball

U.S. Air Force (hosted by The Black Vault) · 37 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book case file, hosted by The Black Vault, covers a fireball seen on 9 December 1965 over Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Canada, and concludes it was a meteor. It holds memos on calls about Acme, Pennsylvania, where a search from the Oakdale Radar Site found nothing, plus letters from witnesses and a photographer. It also includes a Sky and Telescope article on the Great Lakes fireball and letters identifying material found in Lapeer County as chaff.

  • p. 9 …THE RECORD 10 December 1965 Mrs White in Colonel Jack's office from the Pentagon called…
  • p. 32 Major Howard from the Pentagon called. He wanted to find some information as to what he…
  • p. 33 …We told him it would be wise to contact the Pentagon, and possibly get the same…

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MEMO FOR THE RECORD 10 December 1965

Houston Space Center requested information as to the sighting near Acme, Pennsylvania. Major told him that an Air Force team along with the State Highway Patrol searched the area until 2 o'clock this morning. Major gave him the location as 45-50 miles east of Pittsburgh.

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