Caribbean Sea, June 1960June 1960

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Summary

On June 25, 1960, the crew of a British West Indies Airways Viscount airliner saw an object over the Caribbean Sea. The plane was flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, toward Barbados. The crew reported a very bright white object with a green center moving at great speed. About one minute later the object broke apart into several green flaming pieces. People on the ground reportedly collected samples described as light in weight, like a sponge, but made of metal. The samples were never received for analysis. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably astronomical. The card said the description matched a bolide, but no physical specimen was received.

Reported location

Caribbean Sea, June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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BRITISH WEST INDIES ATRLIEs PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ep ie |
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; ~ |o Was Ball |
25 Jun 60 Caribbean Sea 0 Probebly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION @; Fossiiy Beitown
A Wh SURE AR 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar . b Bohs Avorils |
ont 26/02072 Oo Air Visual "0 Air-Intercept Radar | 3 Possibly Aircralt | i.
5. PHOTOS . : OQ Was Astronomical |
Eysical HP — X Probably AstrenomicelMeteor
® No . Civilian Airline O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE RRR Te Sar
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation :
not given one | exploded G. Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS ; | |
Airline on flight from San Juan to Barbados Description conforms to bolide, but |
witnessed explosion of meteor, Obtained sam- physical specimen not received for
ples, however these were not received for | analysis.
analysis. Samples were described as light in
weight, as a sponge, but of metal.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82) § |
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