Macon, GeorgiaSeptember 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 10, 1962, a resident of Macon, Georgia reported seeing a brief, unexplained light in the sky. The witness observed a yellow, solid object that appeared as a light in the eastern part of the sky, positioned about 33 degrees above the horizon. The object moved from east to west and vanished after roughly 13 seconds of flight time.

The sighting was brief and the witness was looking north when they first noticed the object streaking across the sky like a dot. The Air Force's initial assessment noted that the limited data available suggested a possible meteor sighting. The case file itself contains OCR transcription errors and several pages of standard Air Force questionnaires that are difficult to read, which limits the depth of investigative detail available.

The Air Force ultimately evaluated this sighting as "unknown," meaning it could not be conclusively identified. No further analysis or explanation appears in the file.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, 10 pages.

Reported location

Macon, Georgia

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

GA / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 10

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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{ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon :
10 September 1962 Macon, Georgia = ich +A eh ra
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION aldol Alanis
i : 0 Woes Aircraft
EEE SREY REE thee I SRC Na 1 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar OQ Probably Aircraft
GMT 11/892412 : 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
| BOA Oe A CR a §. SCURCE SX Was Astronomical Meteor
Q Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
B No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE Re Re Sa :
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
1 Spek O Unknown
14 seconds one SW. i
| 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Yellow, solid object appearing as Limited data indicates possible
light observed at 33 dgr elevation meteor sighting, |
tn East moving toward West and
disappearing after flight of 13
seconds. Dot streaking across sky.
| Looking North at time of sighting,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 16 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999029