Okinawa, September 1960September 1960

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Summary

On September 28 and 29, 1960, witnesses on Okinawa reported an object on two days, around 1015 GMT and 0950 (dusk). The object looked the same size and color as a star. It was first seen at 15 to 20 degrees elevation at 297 degrees azimuth and last seen at 15 to 30 degrees elevation at 115 degrees. It followed a straight, steady course from west-northwest to east-southeast and disappeared behind a cloud bank on both dates. It was visible for about 45 seconds on the first day and about 67 seconds on the second. The report came from space track personnel. The Air Force listed the case as a meteor. The card noted the straight path supported this, though the relatively long time in sight was out of line with that conclusion.

Reported location

Okinawa, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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MULTIPLE SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
t 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28, 29 Sep 60 Okinawa 0 Was Bolloon y
i 0 Probably Balloon
{ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6 Fenuiing Seen
| 1 SES ES ARO A A XGround- Visual O Ground-Rodor 5 Probobly Alreraft
emT_10152 ed 09502 (dusk) 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS = SOURGE ess os Date ove pres ee Li ARE NS lai eo)
1 O Yes BE  Probobly Astronomicol Meteor |
3 XX No Space track O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Ofhel i
18k sec -ESE : a Dota for Evaluation
S day -- - nknown
2nd day -- & sec — wi mn
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object same size and color as a star, first This case does not present much infor-
seen 15-20° elevation at 297°. Last seen 15-30°| mation, but that which is presented give
elevation at 115°. Had straight steady course strong indication that the objects viewe
and disappeared behind a cloud bank both dates. | were probably meteors. The description
and straight path being factors in
support of this conclusion. The rela-
tively long time in sight, however is
out of line with this conclusion.
ATIC FORM 129 (REV 26 SFP 52) :
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