39 mi S of San Angelo, TexasSeptember 1960

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On September 21, 1960, a military pilot about 39 miles south of San Angelo, Texas, reported a sighting at 1922 (7:22 p.m.). Flying an F-102A at about 38,000 feet, the pilot saw a round object the size of a quarter with a fiery color and a long tail. It appeared like a shooting star. The object was first seen 18 degrees above the aircraft and disappeared about 5 degrees below it. Its flight path formed an arc, and it vanished instantly after about 5 seconds. There was no sound. The pilot felt it was a very large meteor or a possible satellite that burned on entering the atmosphere. The Air Force listed the case as a meteor of the fireball class.

Reported location

39 mi S of San Angelo, Texas

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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Cask ; ~~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
+ AVL i
1 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 oe 7 Re : 0 Vos Bolloon
21 Sep 60 39 mi S of San Angelo, Texas 3 Probobly Bollson
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i. THemury meh
& ANS :
d ool 1922 Vi z 0D Wos Aieraft
|] Loco EY smal 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aireref?
p COs cc/Vleca 1 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Airerabt
1 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 1 Was Astronomicol
2 QO Yes M13 Tomer 0 Probably Astranemical [as o0r
3 . FMLLLILELY OD Possibly Astronomical
3 fu] Ve
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD
: 0 Insufficient Date for CEvaluation
’ Basak 0 Unknown
4 J Sec { on=2
; 10. BRIEE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Round object about size of quarter with a This object has all characteristics of
firey color. Had long tail and appeared as a 8 meteor of the fireball class.
3 shooting star, Flight path was in form of arc.
] Object disappeared instantaneously.
- A
1 ATIC PORM 329 (R2V 25 SFP 52)

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