Mexico fireball before August 1959 earthquake
1959-08-01·Mexico·FBI·unresolved
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A report 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.”
Verbatim from 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1959-08-01
- Date exactness
- Known to the 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
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This sighting
Mexico / 1959 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10 — Written report of this sighting