Moody AFB, GeorgiaOctober 1960

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Summary

On October 20, 1960, a weather observer at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia sighted an object of moderate intensity. The object was first seen west of Moody AFB at elevation 52 degrees, azimuth west, moving north. At 12:14 a.m., the object was north-northwest of Moody AFB. It changed direction to northeast at 12:16 a.m. when the object was north-northeast of Moody AFB. At 12:32 a.m., the object lost sight at 15 degree elevation, north-northeast of Moody AFB. The sighting lasted 24 minutes. Four other persons observed the same object. The local Radarscope Agency was contacted and reported negative radar contact. No explanation was found for the possible cause or identity of the object.

Reported location

Moody AFB, Georgia

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

GA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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PROJECT BLUE RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 20 Oct 60
2. LOCATION: Moody AFB, Georgia
12. CONCLUSIONS: [] Was Balloon, [] Probably Balloon, [] Possibly Balloon, [] Was Aircraft, [] Probably Aircraft, [] Possibly Aircraft, [] Was Astronomical, [] Probably Astronomical, [] Possibly Astronomical, [] Other, [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation, [] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 20/10HZ
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [] Ground-Visual, [] Ground-Radar, [] Air-Visual, [] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [] Yes, [X] No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 24 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 9. COLOUR: one [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Positive object of moderate intensity. Sighted W of Moody AFB moving N, changed direction to NE. When object was NE of Moody AFB changed direction to N. Object gradually disappeared to NNE. No radar contact could be made.

11. COMMENTS: Probably a/c reflecting sunlight.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989780