Lincoln, AFB, NebraskaSeptember 1960

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Summary

On September 19, 1960, at Lincoln Air Force Base in Nebraska, a weather observer and tower operator sighted a very dim luminous object traveling southeast at a very high rate of speed. The object was observed at 0307 hours (3:07 a.m.), 030 degrees azimuth, and approximately 35 degrees elevation. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds from first sight to disappearance. The Air Force noted that the reported duration was excessive for a meteor and the object was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Lincoln, AFB, Nebraska

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

NE / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
19 Sep 60

2. LOCATION
Lincoln AFB, Nebraska

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 0307
GMT 20/0530Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
30 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
ESE

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
X[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very dim luminous object sighted by weather observer and tower operators traveling ESE at a very high rate of speed. 030 azimuth, approx 35 elev.

11. COMMENTS
Information reported is limited. There was no satellite activity at the time, however, there was quite a bit of meteor activity reported over several parts of the U.S. The duration reported is excessive for a meteor, but it was eliminated and therefore is probably in error by several seconds. The object observed was probably a meteor.

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