Platteburg AFB, New YorkAugust 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On August 4, 1960, a military witness stopped at an intersection at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York saw a sudden white smoke trail in the sky at about 9:42 a.m. The sighting lasted about 5 seconds, with the smoke fading over about 15 seconds. The trail was about the size of a pencil at arm's length and looked like the trail from a rocket. There was no sound and no aircraft was visible. The witness called the base tower, which knew of no scheduled firings. A later investigation found the cause. The Air Force concluded the object was a white parachute flare fired over Lake Champlain during an aquatic survival training class.

Reported location

Platteburg AFB, New York

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1.70 » 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
N A : Agel - 0 Wes Bolloon
; Augact, 1560 Plattebury AF., hew fork O Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellen
Xx O Wes Aicroft
Loco 8 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Roder Bray Roverete |
GMT. LJ 1,24 O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircraft |
Ss. PHOTOS « SOURC O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astrenomicel
Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Omer—iabactiutg Llores
O Insufficient Dete for Eveluation
UC appara db ou 0 Unknown
* ~ . : S'S “a 151
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988104