Herman, PennsylvaniaDecember 1960

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Summary

On December 5, 1960, at 6:05 p.m. in Herman, Pennsylvania, two witnesses observed a circular object with a pulsating red light on one side and an oblong fluorescent glow on the other. The object was stationary at an estimated 1000 feet altitude. After about one minute, it began moving northward, then reversed direction and accelerated westward at high speed. A small aircraft passed overhead, allowing witnesses to contrast the two objects. A second similar object appeared from the south, moving west-east. Both sightings lasted seven to eight minutes total. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Herman, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 Dec 60 | Herman, Pennsylvania | [X] Was Balloon
 | | [ ] Probably Balloon
 | | [ ] Possibly Balloon
 | | [ ] Was Aircraft
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [ ] Probably Aircraft
Local 1805 | [X] Ground-Visual | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
GMT 05/2305Z | [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Was Astronomical
 | [ ] Air-Visual | [ ] Probably Astronomical
5. PHOTOS | [ ] Air-Intercept | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Yes | 5. SOURCE | [ ] Other
[ ] No | Civilian | [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 | | [ ] Unknown
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
7-8 min. | One or two | Varied

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
2053 hours 1000 ft. Circular object on forward end which varied in light. Along other side of it was an oblong fluorescent glow. Traveled N-S, then stopped, then started again. Just before it started, a white flash was seen near the red light. After it started, almost instantly, it accelerated and flew off toward N at rapid rate of speed. About 1 1/2 minutes later aircraft coming from the W, flying in a N-S there was another flash of light it then headed NW-SE and disappeared on the horizon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990377