Ousi Suomi, Finland, March 1960March 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 19, 1960, the Air Attache of Finland reported observations of unidentified objects in the sky near Ousi Suomi, Finland. Reports came from a letter sent to the Air Attache asking about observations on above dates. According to the letter, the objects were described as meteors. The evaluation of the sightings at Ousi Suomi on March 26 and 27, 1960 concluded they were meteors. A fireball was described as a meteor as bright or brighter than minus 3 magnitude, bright white in color, blue, green, red, orange, yellow, and pink in hue. Other sighting details indicate limited information was available. The objects were probably meteors based on the available evidence.

Reported location

Ousi Suomi, Finland, March 1960

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
19-21 March, 1960

2. LOCATION
Ousi Suomi, Finland

12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon
D Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft
D Was Astronomical or
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical
D Other
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
CMT: Not given

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
D Ground-Visual     D Ground-Radar
D Air-Visual        D Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
D Yes
D No

6. SOURCE

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Reports not in file. Case obtained from a letter from the Air Attache of Finland asking about observations on above dates. Reply to this letter evaluates the objects in question as meteors.

11. COMMENTS
VERY. Very limited information is available, however the objects were probably meteors.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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