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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 1966

Date of account
1966-07
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD 1.ATE.TIME GROUP 2.LOCATION 7July66 7/0732Z Cedar Rapids, Iowa two witndsses 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Civilian Astro(Meteor) 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEFSUMMARYANDANALYSIS few seconds Observers watched a multi-colored bject travel toward the ground being visible for onlya few seconds.Unknowm 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION was comparod to that of a skyrocket.It was as bright as Ground Visual a auto headlight at a few feet in distance. The object did not give off smoke, sparks,or vapor,nor did it appear to 7.COURSE stand still. Eastward Dr. Charles Olivier was consulted fer his comments and he 8.PHOTOS said that all indications are such that a bright meteer or fireball was observed.He said that there is no quostion Yos toits identity. XNo 9.PHYSICALEVIDENCE Yes XNo FORM

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