Hyattsville, MarylandJuly 1960

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On July 21, 1960, three or four witnesses near Hyattsville and Patuxent River, Maryland reported a falling object at about 9:30 p.m. The sighting lasted about 5 seconds. Some witnesses were on the ground and one was airborne in a Navy aircraft. The object was round, with no tail or trail. The color varied by witness, from pale yellow to milky white. It fell straight down with no maneuvers. Witnesses included a flight engineer, a housewife, and aircrew. The sky was clear with no moon. A Navy aircraft sent to look saw nothing unusual. The Air Force concluded the brief duration and area of the sightings indicated the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Hyattsville, Maryland

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

MD / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Hyattsville, Maryland O Was Balloon
__21 July 1960 Patuxent River, Maryland ES Poot, bore |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossitly Getleon
Locel ED | SO BCround- Visual O Ground-Readar a Brady Sovordh |
oMt___22/0130Z 0129Z 01302 01292 Rie Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar |O Possibly Aircraft |
|S. PHOTOS . SOUR Was Astronomicol Meteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: XX No | Civilian & Milit ary ODO Possibly Astronomical |
; b X as TELESIS
ve TT RR i oncienicin donc haleieiie a insuilicion Dete for Evaluation
5 seconds one alttan I |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three or four sightings from same Brief duration and area of sight-
general area of falling object, No ing indicate that the object was
tail or trail, Color varied with wit- |a meteor.
ness as did other characteristics.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) pag
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