Hopetown, South Africa, June 1960June 1960

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On June 25, 1960, a U.S. Naval Attache reported a sighting near Hopetown, in the Union of South Africa, around noon. The object looked like a shooting star but was 10 to 15 times wider. It was brilliant white, like burning magnesium. A smoke trail followed it. The object seemed to move slower than a shooting star. It appeared about 30 degrees above the horizon and disappeared at about 15 degrees. The source was flying at about 8,000 feet and was traveling toward the Indian Ocean. Local defense forces had no knowledge of any object hitting the ground. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical, a daytime meteor.

Reported location

Hopetown, South Africa, June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
25 Jun 60 Hopetown, South Africa a Probably Belleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION aS |
Local 1122 O Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar ] Bahay Ares ole |
GMT 072% XP AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE Was A ical i |
a Yes Ee: Ree BR tll
: Baw Mo \ DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOI iii |
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
not given one not given 0 Unknown | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | | |
Object resembling shooting star except 10-15 Daytime meteor. Color appears white and
times wider, with smoke trall observed about tail as smoke. |
| noon at 8000 ft. Color of object brilliant ; |
. | white as though of burning magnesium. Appeared |
to move slower than shooting star. Appeared an
30° above horizon and disappeared 15°. No |-
. |direction of object given although traveling
 |toward Indian Ocean.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 832)
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