Crossett, ArkansasJune 1960

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Summary

On June 23, 1960, a civilian in Crossett, Arkansas saw a bright object in the southern sky. The witness was at a baseball game and was using binoculars. The sighting happened between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m. The object looked like a full moon behind a layer of haze. It moved fast from west to east. After about five seconds it disappeared behind some trees. The witness wrote a letter to the Air Force to report it. The Air Force noted the witness gave very little information. It concluded the object was probably astronomical and similar to a meteor. The card linked it to other meteor sightings in Louisiana.

Reported location

Crossett, Arkansas

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

AR / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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I. DATE 2 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon | |
23 Jun 60 Crossett, Arkansas 0 Probobly Belleon | |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O. Possibly Balloon |
EN TTI cic 22 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Radar a Bobi Rearils |
GMT 24/ of1s2 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . R X Was Ast ical ]
0 Yes v] gre ghd
2 No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a RRO TV
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
5 sec i one’ | descending 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING j 11. COMMENTS / |
Object that appeared to be a full moon behind | The witness gave very little information.
a layer of haze, and after about five sec it However, description is similar to that
disappeared behind some trees. a meteor. Related to other meteor sight
in Louisiana.
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