5 Mi NW of Big Delta, AlaskaJuly 1960

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Summary

On July 8, 1960, a civilian about 5 miles northwest of Big Delta, Alaska saw an object while driving on the highway. The sighting lasted about 5 to 10 seconds during the day. The object was a brilliant yellow flash with a large trail of heavy black smoke. The smoke trail was several miles long and larger than the flash itself. The object then dipped toward the earth and burned out right after the flash. Two other people saw the smoke trail but missed the flash. The weather was clear. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical. The card said it was probably a daylight meteor.

Reported location

5 Mi NW of Big Delta, Alaska

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

AK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
[oat 2 LOCATION 72. CONCLUSIONS
8 Jul 60 0 Wes Balloon
Ju 5 mi NW of Big Delta, Alaska D Met cbly Blleon |
3 DATE-TIME GROUP T—FVPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
go Wes Al craft
Local —— vn 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Redor Q Prob ably reralt
RRR dodo LI oz a 0 Ain Vise O Air-intercopt Rader 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS . { Wes Astronomicol Meteor
: 0 Yes ~ O Probably Astronomico!
Neo civilian o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 Other————=——"Evalvatior
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
5.10 sec one descending Ba
lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Ji 2»111liant yellow £1ash with large trail of Probably 2 daylight meteor.
heavy black smoke with varying jegrees of
tnpensity. +rail larger +han flash. Trail of
~oke several miles long. then object dipped
+ owars earth and warned out instantaneously
after flash. ! |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987713