Atmore, AlabamaMay 1961

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Summary

On May 13, 1961, a civilian saw two lights near Atmore, Alabama, in the early morning hours. One light went west to east and passed overhead around 6:10 a.m. (GMT). A similar light passed going northwest to southeast around 8:30 a.m. (GMT). The lights were brilliant white to bluish white.

After checking the witness's location, the Air Force found that he was near five airways used by military and civilian jet aircraft. The descriptions and directions of flight matched jets flying along those airways.

The Air Force concluded the reporting officer's view was probably correct, that the lights were jet aircraft. Such jets would be noticed from the witness's location mainly by the white fuselage light on the underside.

Reported location

Atmore, Alabama

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

AL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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| PY A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
1 12 Mav 6] Ltmor A 1abhan 0 Wos Balloon
: 13 May 61 \tnore, /labama 0 Probably Balloon |
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belloon
0010 0 Wos Aircraft
: RT CT 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor 0 Probably Aircraft
. GMT 1306102 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
E 0 Yes O Probebly Astronomical |
i @ Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0) OPI bisiisissimmiiisasissisinie
i : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 0 Unknown
1 W-E and NW-SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Brilliant white cr 11. COMMENTS ,fter checking location of wit ess |
bluish-white light going W-B passed over at it was determined that he was located rear
7 p Se Pa : =r : sq 2 tepd 13
4 0610%Z. Similar light passed golng NW-SE at 5 airlanes used by military and clvilila
0830z. jet a/c. Description and direction of fflight
by lights indicate that rptg cfficers
: tismd od . yp do FN / 1
~onclusions are probably true. Jet a/c fly-
ing along these airways would be noticed |
fm witnesses location only by white fucse-
i lage light located on underside.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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