4.5 NM SW Of Bitberg, Germany, April 1960April 1960

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Summary

On April 17, 1960, two Air Force air policemen saw a bright object in the night sky about 4.5 nautical miles southwest of Bitburg Air Base, Germany. The night was clear with a full moon, and the men were driving at the time.

The object was shaped like a raindrop with a long tail. It was bright yellow and orange and looked about half the size of a dime. The witnesses said the object grew brighter as it fell toward the horizon. Large pieces appeared to fall from its main body, and it had a very long tail like a comet. It first appeared below the moon and moved at an angle until it disappeared behind hills. The men watched it for about four to five seconds and heard no sound.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a meteor.

Reported location

4.5 NM SW Of Bitberg, Germany, April 1960

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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MILITARY » . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD pe ‘
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Apr 60 4.5 NM SW of Bitberg, Germany 0 Probably Belleon :
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ili poset Boot hrcoaie | ;
Local (X Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rader B Pry Tot PRIOR :
emt! /( 02502 0 AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aireraft :
S. PHOTO ay JOUR [8] ta Ro dips nd BY ¢
v tronomica eoXx 3
ig Military a] Possibly Astronsmiod
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BDI iii mois |
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation :
0 Unknown i
4-5 sec one N 3
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 1). COMMENTS RE | | |
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Rain-drop shaped object with long tail, half Probably a meteor. |
the size of a dime, bright yellow-orange. The La
further the object fell the brighter it became. |
Object had large pieces falling from main body.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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