Kane, PennsylvaniaJuly 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 23, 1961, a civilian reported an object near Kane, Pennsylvania. The sighting lasted about 15 minutes. The object appeared on the northwest horizon and disappeared on the southeast horizon, with a slow up and down movement.

The object was a light, metallic, dumbbell shaped object connected by a shaft.

The Air Force noted this was an indirect report of the sighting, with insufficient information to form a logical explanation. No follow up message was sent.

Reported location

Kane, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
A Pi Rh RA SIRT IR 00 Was Balloon
at wei $d rane, rennsydvanlia 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION rg th) chibi |
NALS a A 0 Was Aircraf?
RE, AN 0 -V 8 2?
local 20 Ground- Visual Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft
NOTNALSY i i
GW as SN Ld 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intsreept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
cesT POUR 7 1) | 7
5. "PHOTOS | . SOURCE 01 Was Astronomical
QO Yes t DO Probably Astronomical
B'Ne Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOM icici sie
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
d 4 ; bh a 0 Unknown
5 wis aR
y a) min ft 5 wih :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Light natal lic dumbell [11. COMMENTS Indirect report of sighting. :
i shaped objt connected with shaft. In signb Insufficient info for forming logical |
] 15 min, Appearsd on NW horizon. Disappeared onl explanation for sight ing. No fclliow-up
i SE horizon. Slow up and down ncvement, message sent.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993566