Bentwaters, England, December 1960December 1960

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Summary

On December 22, 1960, an observer at Bentwaters in England reported a single round object. It was about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. The center was bright green and the sides were yellowish green. The object appeared to have a rotating motion and very thin, straight, dark appendages.

The object was first seen at about 55 to 60 degrees elevation and 310 degrees azimuth. It then dropped to about 25 to 30 degrees elevation. It moved in a straight path at a high rate of speed and disappeared behind a cloud deck. The sighting lasted about 3 seconds. The source was a captain, listed as reliable.

Another observer about 4 miles away thought he saw a meteor at about the same time. The Air Force concluded the report was probably a balloon on the card box, but the comments state the description and duration are characteristic of a meteor.

Reported location

Bentwaters, England, December 1960

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
~ : - Fnslend DO Was Bolloon
22 Dec 60 Bentwaters, Englan DO Probably Balloon
Baal al :
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
50 :
Local WH Ra B Ground-Visval O Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
a5 Js 0 Probably Aircrafr
CL MEER TER LT 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rodar |D Possibly Aircrofr
a bt Ge ———t—— A AE BE ——————————————————
5. PHOTOS oy - SOURCE o og aenamion
os " fd Probably Astronomical Mateor
0 Ne Military OD Possibly Astronomical
ssn mes
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IB TE
O Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
3 sec one 0 Unknown
| ETA ade STRSTR SN
19, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, size ¢f half dollar, bright green in There were no satellites reentering at
center, yellowish green at sides. Appeared to |this time. Description and duration are
move at high rate of speed, Lppeared 55-60° characteristic of a meteor.
elevation, 310° azimuth, Dicarveared 25-30°
elevation, 210° azimuth, Straight flight path.
Object appearzd +o have rotating motion. Dis-
appeared behind cloud deck, R sported meteor
| clgnting at came time 4 mi I,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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