Goshen, IndianaDecember 1961

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Summary

On December 13, 1961, the crew of American Airlines Flight 14 reported an object over Goshen, Indiana. The sighting was made at about 1955 GMT and lasted about 6 seconds. The object was seen with the naked eye.

The object was described as approximately round and greenish-blue in color. It was very bright with high reflectivity. There was just one object and it made no sound. It was first seen 45 degrees above the horizon, then it descended toward the horizon and disappeared into it.

The Air Force record card lists this case as astronomical, a meteor. The card notes the object had the characteristics of a meteor.

Reported location

Goshen, Indiana

Date of incident

December 1961

State / country

IN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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Gal es PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
g 1. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
i : : : D Was Balloon
T 13 Dec 61 Goshen, Indiana O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i lads
4 0 Was Aircraft
] Local I O Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Probably Aircraft
. MT 1319557 “8 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS + SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteo fe
& 0 Yes ‘HS Probably Astronomical
XB No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
| 8 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Bi ae
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 6 sec 1 Descending &
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGRound greenish--blue 11. COMMENTS Objt ha: characteristics of
- bjt cbserved fm 45° elev descending into meteor and case is listed as such.
1 horizon.
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2) .
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