20NMWof Junction reported sphere orb observation — December 1961

First glowed as sphere. METEOR-LIKE. (2) OBSERVED TO BE PEA SIZE. (3) FIRST WHITE THEN YELLOW TO YELLOWISH RED. (4) ONE. (5) NOT APPLICABLE. (6) NONE. (7) METEOR-LIKE ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PROLONED IN COMPARISON AND BRIGHTER BY FAR THAN OTHER OBSERVATIONS MADE WITHIN MINUTES SUBJECT SIGHTING. (8) NEGATIVE. (9) OBJECT FIRST GLOWED AS SPHERE THEN SEEMINGLY EXPLODED INTO A DOUBLE EFFECT CHANGING WHITE TO YELLOW THIN AGAIN SEEMED TO DISENTERGRADE INTO FOUR SEGMENTS WITH A REDISH YELLOW GLOW BEFORE DISAPPEARING. WHEN SIGHTED AS A GLOW BOTH PILOTS WITNESSED ITS PROGRESS. (2) ELEVATION WHEN FIRST SIGHTED 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON VERTICALLY DESCENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES RIGHT FROM AIRCRAFT MAGNETIC HEADING. (3) APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. (4) VERTICALLY DESCENDING TO TWO EXPLOSIVE DISINTEGRA-TIONS IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. (6) 25-30 SECONDS.