5 Mi S of Rockingham, N.C., February 1959February 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 11, 1959, at 11 a.m., a civilian reported a sighting five miles south of Rockingham, North Carolina. The witness observed a round object two to three hundred feet in diameter with a two hundred foot tail. The object was dark green in color. The sighting lasted ten seconds. The object moved south and disappeared below the horizon. The Air Force concluded the object had all the characteristics of a large meteor.

Reported location

5 Mi S of Rockingham, N.C., February 1959

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 Feb 59

2. LOCATION: 5 MI S of Rockingham, N.C.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] GMT 11 1100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: Yes [X] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round obj, 2-3 hundred feet in diameter with a 200 ft tail, color dark-green - tail of same color.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[X] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[X] Possibly Balloon
[X] Was Aircraft
[X] Probably Aircraft
[X] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[X] Probably Astronomical
[X] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

11. COMMENTS: The obj has all the characteristics of a large meteor.

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