Coudersport, PennsylvaniaJune 1960

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Summary

On a June evening in 1960, a resident of Coudersport, Pennsylvania saw two unusual objects in the sky. The objects approached each other, joined up, changed direction, and then disappeared over the horizon. The sighting lasted about twelve minutes and occurred in the early evening with the objects initially visible toward the east and finally disappearing toward the west.

The witness did not report the sighting until two years after it happened. When the Air Force received the report, it found the information sketchy and noted that nothing in the account conflicted with the objects being aircraft. The form evaluation on the case cover sheet lists "unknown" as the official conclusion, though the comments section notes that the sparse details and delayed reporting made a thorough assessment difficult.

The case file includes a full technical questionnaire sent to the witness by the Air Force's Foreign Technology Division, along with routing memoranda indicating the report passed through multiple levels of the Defense Department. No additional analysis, radar data, or investigative follow-up appears in the available records.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 16 pages of scanned documents.

Reported location

Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

PA / US

Page count

16 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 16

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Jon adil PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD PORE SE
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Was Ball
19 June 1960 Coudersport, Pennsylvania o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION & Fornvy wove |
| Loedd — | XXGreund-Visval O Ground-Rodar a Prchaly The ou |
MT 19/22152 0 Air Visuel O Airintercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircraft . -
5. PHOTOS O Was Astronomical | |
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
: XIX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BUI ci is namionniosion |
vi RS = ering Data for Evaluation A
12 minutes two varied EAST sili | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Report sent in two years after sight- | Nothing conflicting with analysis
ing. There were two objects observed as a/c. Report submitted on form |
| to approach each other and join up, 164, Information sketchy,
change directions and then disappear
: over the horizon, Sighting in early |
eveaing toward the East, Objects
disappeared to the West, : |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ; | A |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987286