Greenville AFB, MississippiJune 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 17, 1960, at Greenville Air Force Base in Mississippi, a military observer sighted an object at 6:28 p.m. local time. The witness described a very large yellow ball with a broken tail that had a green fringe. As it approached the horizon, the object turned bright yellow-white and burned out. The object traveled from east to west at a descending angle of approximately 75 degrees. The observer stated this sighting was different from the many meteors he had seen. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a probable astronomical event, likely a meteor.

Reported location

Greenville AFB, Mississippi

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

MS / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                    2. LOCATION                           12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Jun 60                 Greenville AFB, Mississippi           [] Was Balloon
                                                                  [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP        4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION                [] Possibly Balloon
Local ________            [X] Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar   [] Was Aircraft
GMT 18/0328Z              [] Air-Visual        [] Air-Intercept Radar [] Probably Aircraft
                                                                  [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                 6. SOURCE                            [] Was Astronomical
[] Yes                    Military                              [X] Probably Astronomical
[] No                                                            [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE      [] Other
Not given                 one                   W              [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                [] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING            11. COMMENTS
Very large yellow ball with broken tail which   Description is typical of a meteor.
had a green fringe, turning to bright yellow-
white as it approached the horizon where it
burned out.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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