Fayetteville, North CarolinaOctober 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 22, 1960, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a civilian observer reported seeing a silver, half-dollar-sized object. The observer watched from a house window for approximately 2 to 5 seconds. The object appeared as a flash in the sky directly in line of vision. A second observer on top of a tower saw the object appear at approximately 60 degrees, disappear at approximately 65 degrees, and then reappear at approximately 350 degrees before disappearing again at approximately 340 degrees. The Air Force investigation noted that the sighting was possibly due to reflection of sun on a high-flying aircraft.

Reported location

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

NC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
22 Oct 60 Fayetteville, North Carolina Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
GMT 2021/0308 Air-Visual Air-Radar Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes Civilian Probably Astronomical
No Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
2 and 5 sec One E-W Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object or banana shaped, silver in color, size of Object was probably due to the reflection
half-dollar. Observer at 1 on ground approx 60 ft from 60 ft television tower looking at of the sun from a high-flying a/c. The
top of tower, saw a flash in sky directly in line of vision. Called to attention of observer Nr 2 who was on top of tower. Appeared approx 60°; approx 65° disappeared; observed Nr 1: approx 60°; approx 350°; observer Nr 2: approx 60°; approx 340°. Must disappeared.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989797