N Cape Canaveral, FloridaNovember 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On November 4, 1961, near North Cape Canaveral, Florida, a civilian witnessed two circular objects descending for about 5 seconds. The objects were very bright green and basketball-sized. They appeared 12 to 15 degrees above the horizon and descended straight down. No sound was heard. The sighting lasted 5 seconds per object, with a 5-minute interval between observations. The witness was a 24-year-old machine shop operator for Pan American Airways, observing with the naked eye at night. An Air Force investigation found no irregular occurrences connected with missile activities. The possible cause was listed as unknown, with no physical evidence available. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

N Cape Canaveral, Florida

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 Nov 61
2. LOCATION: N Cape Canaveral, Florida
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes] Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Meteor, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 0405452
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XD Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 2
9. COURSE: Descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: 2 circular objs viewed separately 5 min apart for 5 sec ea time. Bright green. No sound.

11. COMMENTS: Check showed no missile activity connected with Cape Canaveral. Sighting has characteristics of meteor sightings in Taurid stream.

ATIC FORM 339 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995472