Egypt, October 1960October 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 12, 1960, three military officers aboard a destroyer in Egypt sighted an unidentified object bearing 120 degrees at 5 degrees elevation. The object moved rapidly across the sky from east to southwest while accelerating and ascending. At 1:33 p.m., the object lost bearing at 120 degrees and 40 degrees elevation. Witnesses described the object as definitely not an aircraft or shooting star. Initial brightness was slightly brighter than first magnitude, then steadily diminished. The Air Force's conclusion listed the case as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Egypt, October 1960

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

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USN MULTIPLE

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                   12. CONCLUSIONS
   12 Oct 60                         Egypt                      [] Was Balloon
                                                                 [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [] Possibly Balloon
   Local     0133                [] Ground-Visual   [] Ground-Radar   [] Was Aircraft
   GMT    11/233002              [] Air-Visual      [] Air-Intercept Radar  [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                                                       [] Possibly Aircraft
   [] Yes                        6. SOURCE
   [] No                            Military                    [] Was Astronomical
                                                                [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS          [] Possibly Astronomical
   6 min                            one                        9. COURSE
                                                                 ?                    [] Other
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                                  [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
    Object moving rapidly across sky from 5 deg elev          [] Unknown
    120 deg az to 40 elev 180 az. Definitely not
    a/c or meteor. Initial brilliance slightly           11. COMMENTS
    brighter than first magnitude, then steady             Report from 3 officers on destroyer.
    diminishing.                                           Location given in middle of Egypt.
                                                           Azimuth given as bearing not magnetic.
                                                           Direction ship heading not included.
                                                           Cannot position object without clarification of these factors. Case listed as
                                                           insufficient data.

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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