3 Mi NW of Concord, CaliforniaAugust 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On August 20, 1960, a civilian in Concord, California, three miles northwest of town, reported a white object with red and white lights at star size. The object had no noticeable tail or exhaust and made no sound. It moved abruptly - suddenly appeared, hovered, then rose straight up and disappeared in about three minutes. The observer noted all movement occurred in a very small area. The Air Force determined the object was a refraction of the star Vega, which was in the position given by the observer with a magnitude of 0.1. The case was listed as a refraction of star Vega.

Reported location

3 Mi NW of Concord, California

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 20 Aug 60

2. LOCATION: 3 mi NW of Concord, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible], GMT 20/1300Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Source: Civilian

5. PHOTOS: No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 min

7. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

8. COURSE: NW

9. [CONCLUSIONS section with checkboxes]: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Vega [appears marked], Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, white object with red and white lights, star size. No noticeable tail or exhaust and no sound. Had very abrupt movement - suddenly appeared, hovered, then rose straight up and disappeared.

11. COMMENTS: All movement was in a very small area and object gave appearance of going straight up which is characteristic of disappearance of a refracted astronomical object. The star Vega was in the position given by the observer with a magnitude of 0.1. Time of 0500 is 0508 absolute. Vega rose at 0523 absolute. Case listed as refraction of star Vega.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988277