Lincoln, NebraskaDecember 1958

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Summary

On December 11, 1958, at about 9:12 p.m., a military observer in the southeast part of Lincoln, Nebraska, reported a bright object. The witness was a captain and rated Air Force navigator, described as very reliable. The sighting lasted about three seconds.

The object was round and very brilliant white, about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It had a trail about four times the size of the object. There was no sound. It was first seen at about 35 degrees elevation, slightly below the constellation Orion. It traveled on a track of about 257 degrees and disappeared instantly to the west.

The weather was clear and calm with 15 miles of visibility. The preparing officer believed the object was a meteor. The report notes that meteors were also seen by the Lincoln control tower on the night of December 9. The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Lincoln, Nebraska

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

NE / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

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; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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0 December 1953 1,in olin, ahr a aka 1 Probably Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ThE FoxpRl Boek
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| Local rE & Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraf?
3 GMT. NIA Say TE 0 Air Visuodl 0 Air-lntercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
; 5. ‘PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical _ | R)
- CO Yes O Probobly Astronomical |
§ 5 No Militar: 2 Possibly Astronomical
: ‘7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [Jo 11 AEA ES Tr oh NR |
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i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| 3 ‘ery brilliant round, white obj, rrobably a meteor, :
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times size of obj. Obj disappeared
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981297