60 Mi E Of Springfield, Mo., March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 21, 1961, an aircraft crew reported a light about 60 miles east of Springfield, Missouri, around 2:14 a.m. The crew was flying on a heading of 340 degrees at an altitude of 26,000 feet. They saw a green colored light that was very bright. The object moved from northeast to southwest. There was one object.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the conclusion was possibly astronomical, a meteor. The comments said the source did not state how long the object was seen, or its azimuth and elevation when first and last observed, but the brightness fit the conclusion.

Reported location

60 Mi E Of Springfield, Mo., March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

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Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i & i" La ; iy 0 Wos Balloon |
21 Mar 61 60 mi E of Springfield, Mo. 0 Probebly Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
0214 0 Was Aircroft
la i ecet————————————— = 5 :
Local 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redor 0 Probably Aircraft
2 PRT 9 10,0.0 A t Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE J Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
& No Milita | IX Possibly Astronomical Meteo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER CF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othetm—— no
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 NE = SW eee
s 7 : 1 ~~
10. BRIEF Pi OF SIGHTING 4 /c crew flying on head}!!: COMMENTS once does not state how long
ing or 340 ’ altitude 26,000 at a point aprox objt was viewed or azimuth and elevation
60 miles E of Springfield, -Mo., observed a when it was first and last observed. How
green colored light sufficiently bright to ever, due to its brightness ob jt was
light cockpit, very similar to ordinary green |possibly a meteor wnich exploded.
flare. At time of sightin g pilob estimated 1
to be 1000' fm a/c. Did not appear to be mov-
ing extremely fast. Descended fm right to lef{.
Left no trail.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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