Kodiak, AlaskaJuly 1960

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On July 25, 1960, a civilian in the city of Kodiak, Alaska saw an object at about 8:00 p.m. local time. The sighting lasted about one second. The object looked like a red flame, estimated at about 200 yards long, at an altitude of several miles. It moved horizontally toward the east-southeast and was very fast. It disappeared abruptly with no burning effect afterward. There was no sound. The weather was clear with few clouds. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Kodiak, Alaska

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 DO Wes Balloon
1 25 July 1960 Kodiak, Alaska o t+ nd
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION COPY Wen
4 LON crnmnsenes Es ——— X® Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 5 Brobdity Mrereh
Fr oMT__26/0800Z2 O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
{ PHOTOS Bene Se Was Astrenomicel Meteor |
3 0 Yes O Probably Astronomicol
4 8% Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR RN TR
3 DO Insufficient Dote for Eveluation
E 0 Unknown
4 bE ER eer IR nd pn esse a—— |
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Red flame about 200 yards long at Meteor sighting. |
b altitude in motion to ESE in hori-
| zonaal flight, Very fast, Total dura-
tion about 1 second with disappearanc
| abrupt and uno burning effect, No
sound, WX ciear,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP ER A aR el
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