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Coyne Incident Meteor Theory

Philip Klass's proposed explanation that the object the Coyne helicopter crew reported was an unusually bright Orionid meteor, combined with a probable altimeter misreading or malfunction accounting for the aircraft's unexplained climb; contested by investigators who find no confirming astronomical record of a matching fireball.

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  • Coyne Incident Meteor Theory was popularised by Philip J. Klass.

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