{"id":14363,"date":"2021-06-10T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=14363"},"modified":"2021-06-10T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:32:40","slug":"project-moon-dust-october-1970-unidentified-metal-sphere-burned-for-5-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/project-moon-dust-october-1970-unidentified-metal-sphere-burned-for-5-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Moon Dust: October 1970, Unidentified Metal Sphere Burned for 5 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>The following records were received by The Black Vault in FOIA Case 0703-96 with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). They are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/project-moon-dust\/\">Project Moon Dust<\/a>, which was a program to retrieve unknown debris from space objects.<\/p>\n<p>Although largely believed to be simply fallen satellites from other countries; there were rumored to be other objects recovered as well that did not have an easy explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The case below is highlighted here, as it has a fairly unique description where the object recovered had burned for five days after its discovery. Per the documentation, although they drew likeness with other known objects, it remains unknown if they ever were able to identify it.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/dia\/moondust-oct1970-chad.pdf\">Project Moon Dust: October 1970, Unidentified Metal Sphere Burned for 5 Days<\/a> [18 Pages, 1.5MB]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments2.theblackvault.com%2Fdocuments%2Fdia%2Fmoondust-oct1970-chad.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" 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They are part of Project Moon Dust, which was a program to retrieve unknown debris from space objects. 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