Flores Island, July 1960July 1960

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Summary

On July 27, 1960, a Navy aircraft crew saw an object near Flores Island in the Azores at about 10:21 p.m. The sighting lasted about five seconds. The plane was on a heading toward Flores Island. The object was at about 10,000 to 12,000 feet. It was white with a red fringe and moved from east to west. It broke into two pieces and began to break apart, gradually turning green. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical. The card said it had the characteristics of a bolide type sighting, though a satellite reentry was also briefly considered.

Reported location

Flores Island, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| LL BRS IT AA NE aad Pu O Woes Bolloon
27 vidy, A°AHf ‘lores Islay O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellon
O Woes Aivcraft
Local EB ———— hod Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor O Probably Aireroft
A Li — NX. TT O Air-Intercept Radar [0 Possibly Aircreht
S. PHOTOS . RC (18 Was Astronomical . RE # 2 eo) of
O Yes O Probably Astrenemicel
X military O Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE J EE IIS,
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5 s-¢ 5 Wr w O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987990