NE of Bermuda, September 1960September 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 26, 1960, military observers aboard a ship northeast of Bermuda reported a falling object at 0527 (5:27 a.m.) GMT. The object was yellowish-green and described as a falling star or object. The sighting lasted about one second. It was seen at an elevation angle of 25 degrees and an azimuth of 312 degrees. The aircraft or ship position was given as 3245N 6356W. The Air Force listed the case as a probable meteor.

Reported location

NE of Bermuda, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

View transcribed text

: MILITARY AIR : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- i 0 Wos Bolloon
26 Sep 60 NE of Bermuda G Probebly Belles
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5: TNGNIRY Baan
§ : 0 Woes Aiicroft
F a o a Tout O Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft
i GMT 5 /05272 X Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE + Was Astronomical
a Yes Probably Astronomical Meteor |
Ko Military ODO Possibly Astronomical !
8 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Boomers ea
E OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation
; 1 sec one not given 0 Unknown
:
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
i Yellowish-green object described as "falling Probably meteor.
i star or object."
¢
i
i
p ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
r
S.
—-—

/ 2

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989351