52.25N 32.40W (ATLANTIC), July 1961July 1961

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Summary

On July 30, 1961, an airline pilot flying from Shannon to Gander to McGuire reported an object over the ocean. The pilot saw what looked like a rocket cone or a basketball coming down on a curved path that ended in a near vertical drop. It gave off a very bright blue white light for about ten seconds. The object then trailed bright red and orange flames for about two seconds before it appeared to explode like a skyrocket. No sound was heard. The whole sighting lasted about 15 seconds. The Air Force noted no missile reentry was recorded that date. Because the object behaved like a meteor and no reentry data existed, the card lists it as a meteor.

Reported location

52.25N 32.40W (ATLANTIC), July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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30 dul 5) | iT SON (A ANT / a Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION f Possibly Balloon
Local BD HS 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar & rhe Jt
CR RR “3 Air Visual O Air-Intorcept Radar |B Possibly Aircrafy
; TU Ge eae i Was Astronomical inborn
i 0 Yes (8) Probably Astronomical :
i “8 No | Civilian : Possibly Astronomical
4 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; hE i Bh 0 Unknown
; LS sec | 1 SE |
basretball arpearing to be rocket cone or indicatee possible reentry, however ne
| missile reentry ohserved on high curve ar & reenvries were recorded this aate, Objh
J oimosphere and burning. Color blue white light | has chara teristics of a meteor 4150 and fin
off front 10 sec.wnich time objt emitted a Long | view of lank of reentry data case is listed
: vall of red 2nd orange sparks and flames for a5 a neteor.
] 2 sec and then exploded. lo sound, Not like
: any meteor Cvserved by witnes 30a, Entry ont
1 leading 110° on Ls angle of descent. Total
eo sighting about 15° seo,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 15 SEP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993725