Littleton, ColoradoJune 1960

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Summary

On June 17, 1960, a witness near Littleton, Colorado, saw a bright object in the sky. The card lists one object moving rapidly. The time was about 8:40 p.m. local time.

The object was seen at about 50 to 60 degrees elevation and about 250 to 260 degrees azimuth. It moved rapidly downward and to the left, and its brightness decreased quickly. The witness thought it was too large for a falling star. The witness watched it for about two to three seconds.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Littleton, Colorado

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

CO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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17 June 1960 Littleton, Colorado - Ait 4 bm
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sisson dhs nas
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Locl 2040 | RXGreund-Visuel O Ground-Rader 0 Probably Atvereft |
omt__18/03402 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rader |O Possibly Aireraft |
S. PHOTOS : . SOU Was Astronomical Meteor
QO Yes O Probably Astronomicel
EX Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD EI ti nisi isin
0 ok hs Dote for Evaluation
2-3 seconds one down to left wii
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 11. COMMENTS
Object observed at 50-60 dgr elevation |Probably a meteor.
250-260 dgr azimuth moving rapidly
downward to left with the brightness
decreasing rapidly, Thought to be too :
large for a falling star, ;
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ais 2
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987279