McComb, OhioAugust 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On a night in August 1960, a witness in McComb, Ohio saw a bright object with a greenish tinge streaking across the sky. The object appeared round and large, and it moved at very high speed. The sighting lasted only a few seconds.

The Air Force investigator who filed the case noted in the summary that the description was typical of a meteor, a chunk of rock from space that burns up as it enters the atmosphere. The case was marked as having insufficient data for evaluation in the official conclusions section.

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

Reported location

McComb, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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] El DATE © |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 24h A Me Com 3 0 Was Balloon
B + Aug 60 McComb, Ohio 0 Probably Belteen
§ | 3. DATE-TiMe GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possiily Beltow
4 2200 0 Was Aicraft
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1 Local = 1 Ground. Visual DO Ground-Rodor Q Probably Aircreft
| ont. 29/¢ 03C0 Z — 0 AirVisuvel O Alr-Intercept Rader O Possibly Aircraft
8 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
& 0 Yes ‘ D Probably Astronemical Meteo
ig Civilian O Possibly Astronomicoi
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E t 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Otherto ooo ——————
} 0 insufficient Dote for Evoluation
1 | few sec one TNE Bic
d [ BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i { Rad light with a greenish tinge, round, large, Description is typical of a meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988466