Bakersville, North Carolina, April 1958
- Date of account
- 1958-04
- Location
- Bakersville, North Carolina
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Bakersville,North Carolina 口 Probably Bollaon 12Apr58 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP A.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Locci XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft 13/0120Z Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar GMT. 6.SOURCE x Was Astrononical Meteor S.PHOTOS Probably Astronomical DYes 口 Possibly Astronomical >OKNo Civilian 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation 口 Unknown not rptd ouo South 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sputnik decayed on l4 Apr.Obser Obj looked like shooting star observep Rptd as possible decay of Sputnik II. vation has chracteristics of a Followed curve toward Earth in fall. meteor sighting & the case is Red glow in color. evaluated as a meteor sighting. ATIC FORM329(RZY26SEP 52)
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