Dhahran AFld, Saudi Arabia, September 1960September 1960

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Summary

On September 26, 1960, a military weather observer at Dhahran Airfield, Saudi Arabia, reported an object at 1930 (about 10:33 p.m. local) overhead. He saw a very bright light followed by an orange streak of flame almost directly overhead, at an elevation angle of 70 to 88 degrees. The flame moved from southeast to northwest. The bright light appeared first, then the streak. The whole sighting lasted about 5 seconds. The observer said the object was distinctly different from any meteor he had ever seen. The Air Force listed the case as a meteor. The card noted the duration was too short for a reentry and none was reported for that date, so it was classed as a meteor.

Reported location

Dhahran AFld, Saudi Arabia, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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B [1 oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i)
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26 Sep 60 Dhahran AFld, Seudi Arabia QO Probably Balloon
} 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O. Favmmy Beriees
i LOB hii iiiiiiisiiitiiiiiisuniin B Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador a Probably Alreraft
§ GMT 26 19302 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep? Redor DO Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Woes Astronomicol
ares | Vosttr eves |B ETE eter
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BRIE hn dbiisialibmptomins
2 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
FP 5 sec one NW —
& 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
§ Very bright light followed by orange streak of | Duration too short for reentry, and none
3 flame almost directly overhead. Object dis- reported for this date. Although direc-
Er tinctly different from any meteor ever seen tion and color indicate possibility of
4 by him. reentry, this case is listed as a
; meteor observation due to duration of
sighting.
] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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