Greenham Common, England, September 1960September 1960

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Summary

On September 24, 1960, at Greenham Common, England, a military observer reported a very bright object with a short tail moving very rapidly from southwest to northeast. The object disappeared intermittently behind clouds. The sighting lasted approximately 15 seconds. The description matched a typical meteor. A correlation report noted a meteor sighting at Wethersfield, England on the same date, with direction reported as southeast.

Reported location

Greenham Common, England, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 Sep 60

2. LOCATION
Greenham Common, England

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 01/43/00

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual  □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual  □ Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Military

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 secs

8. COURSE
NE

9. [Checkboxes for conclusions]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very bright object with short tail, moving very rapidly from SW to NE. Disappeared intermittently behind clouds.

11. COMMENTS
Description is typical of a meteor. Correlation with report of meteor at Wethersfield, England 24/Sep/60 except that direction was SE.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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