Harbor Springs, MarylandSeptember 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 3, 1960, a witness near Harbor Springs reported seeing a large single light at about 10:30 p.m. The report came through a retired Air Force general, then attached to a company, who relayed an account from another person. The witness saw one large light, which then broke into many smaller lights. No other information was given, and the duration was not stated. The Air Force said that without the duration, no valid conclusion could be reached. It noted the description closely matched a bolide breaking up. Because of the missing details, the Air Force listed the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Harbor Springs, Maryland

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MD / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

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