Lincoln, NebraskaAugust 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 12, 1962, at about 2511Z, at night, an observer in Lincoln, Nebraska, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The witness described a round object about the size of a pinhead. It was bright white, then progressed to orange and grew weaker, gradually fading out. The observer said the object had a high frequency flicker, about 500 times per minute.

The record card noted that a movie film flickers at 480 frames per minute, which the eye cannot detect, so the witness probably overestimated the flicker. It also noted the witness probably overestimated the duration of the sighting.

Reported location

Lincoln, Nebraska

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

NE / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
FE 0 Was Balloon
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i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossivly balloon
| mq . Vi 4 0 Was Aircraft
4 [o'caliE) nasi senie Shes be i de iy a Salad ch : 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
4 GMT 0 AteVisual Lo O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical gi
4 OYes [X:< Probably Astronomical [izteCOl
1 0 Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ajfB(o} {1 [ple Ian Le Re ee
o O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 ; a O Unknown
3 Ji/2ibos] smin VASE RE hy |S A ed ERA AS
FE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Rnd obj, size of pinhead. Bright white The observer states tthe obj [lickerpd
4 ‘I progressed to prange & grew weaker, approx 500 times per minute. An O IM
3 grodually fading out. Obj had high frequency| film flickers at 480 fremes per min,
4 flicker, approx 500 per minute. but the eye cannot distinguish this
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