Kerrville, TexasOctober 1960

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In October 1960, six students in Kerrville, Texas spotted an unusual object in the sky. The object appeared as a self-luminous ball with a pastel green color. It was first seen at a low angle above the horizon and moved across about 20 degrees of sky. The witnesses reported no sound and made no mention of a tail.

The sighting was brief, lasting only a few seconds. Based on the description, Air Force investigators noted that the object was probably a meteor. No photographs were taken of the sighting, and no additional investigation by the Air Force office handling the case was deemed necessary.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 7 pages.

Reported location

Kerrville, Texas

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7

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i MULTIPLE SICHIING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
by 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 QC Cct & 5) Kerrville, fexas 7 Vas Lolloon
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP : { 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Fossity Balloon
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A H : 0 Possibly Aire
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3 5. PHOTOS Ie SOURCE 5] Was Astronomical
O Yes { Nd tO Probably Astranomicol at oox
pr CO 'Ne | Civilian 1 Pozaibly Astronomisa!
: 7. LENGTH OF O335ERVATION | 8. MUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 5 BRE TSR AR SO SOR
5 i 0 Iasuificiont Date for Svalvotion
s > sec | one Not stated 0 Unknown
1 10, BRIZE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: hiect sightad by 6 students. First observed Provably meteor,
E lat 40° elev. Covered 20° arc of sky. No sound.
Pastel green color, self luminous ball that
3 alowed. No statement of tail.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989629