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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. United States

ID	#1539250963
Added	Thu, 11/10/2018
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Dan Wilson, BB files
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

10.02.1949

Location:

Дейтон, OH

United States

Captain J. Roger. Groseclose, U.S. air force pilot and 1st Lieutenant ray W. Adams and the pilot-apprentice USAF was observed from 7 900 ft white object with a blue glow.

He gradually descended to about 9,000 feet. He then split into two parts and disintegrated. The object was in sight about 5 seconds.

Investigators suggested that it could be a meteorite.

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Original news

Capt. Roger J. Groseclose, USAF Pilot, and 1st Lt. Ray W. Adams, USAF Student Pilot, observed from the air at 7,900 feet a white object with a blue glow in a straight gradual descent to approximately 9,000 feet then it broke into two parts and disintegrated. The object was in sight for approximately 5 seconds.[Probable meteor]

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Meteor

Meteor, "shooting star" is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteor bodies (for example, fragments of comets or asteroids) burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon of greater intensity (brighter than magnitude -4) it's called a fireball.