Crescent City, CaliforniaDecember 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On December 28, 1960, at 1740 (5:40 p.m.), a witness near Crescent City, California reported one illuminated object shaped like a short, thick cigar. It was about the size of a bean seed at arm's length. The object was a brilliant, unusual green that grew brighter as it descended. No sound was heard.

Looking east, the object approached from the south and descended toward the ground at about a 45 degree angle. It went below the horizon in about four seconds. A plant watchman saw it at the same time. Both witnesses were considered reliable.

The Air Force comment notes the weather was clear with 15 mile visibility. The conclusion on the card was probably astronomical. The comments say the description is similar to a meteor and that the earth was passing through meteor showers at that time of year.

Reported location

Crescent City, California

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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paw ~ «PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Ban 6 pp : 0 Wos Balloon
| § 28 Dec 60 Crescent City, California O Probably Belleon
| 3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W. TOUTE Wa
1740 0 Was Aircraft
| | Local ou 8 Ground-Visuel 0 Ground-Reder QO Probably Aircraft
GMT 29 01k07 0 AirViswal 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes C{ Probably Astronomical [fet e0 ;
B Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
en TO —————————————————————————————
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TEE TT GTR
i 2 EE Data for Evaluation
L, see one descending — ‘
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 plongated like cigar and illuminated, but Description of object is similar to that
thick like a short cigar. Size of a bean seed. |of a meteor. The earth is passing through
Brilliant green and increased in brilliance as |a number of meteor showers this time of
. it descended. Unusual type of green. Looking year, and the witnesses probably saw a
| 8 © 1+ approached from the S and descended to meteor from one of these showers.
| ground at a 45° angle S.
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| ATIC PORM 329 (REV 29 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990721