Fireball crash before 1959 Mexico earthquake

1959-08-01·Mexico·FBI·unresolved

Document cover: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10

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Reports from Mexico described a huge fireball that crashed into a mountain just before a disastrous earthquake in August 1959.

“Reports have come from Mexico stating that a huge fireball crashed into a mountain just before the disastrous earthquake in August of 1959.”
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Case details

Date: 1959-08-01
Precision: month
Location: Mexico
Country: Mexico
Branch: FBI
Sensors: eyewitness
Shape: fireball
Size: huge

Source document

Agency: FBI

File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10

Case ID: UNDATED-FBI-D1C7B7-B7E2

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