Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 1960June 1960

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Summary

On a date in 1960, a witness in Ponce, Puerto Rico, saw an object near the sun. The card lists one object that was so close to the sun it could only be seen by shielding the eyes.

The object was slightly west of the sun. The witness said it was higher than two cloud layers. The object was seen as a round shape near the bright sky around the sun.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted that the planet Venus was about seven degrees from the sun in a westward direction at the time, pointing to Venus as the likely cause.

Reported location

Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION > 8 sin 5 3 i |
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
3 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
45 min one stations 0 Unknown
| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
An object slightly W of the sun, so close that | The planet Venus was 7° removed from the
1 it could only be seen by shielding eyes from sun in a westward direction at the time
g the sun. The object was higher than two cloud |of the sighting and was of magnitude -3.4}
| layers and shown brightly with the sun's re- Appearance of spinning was probally due
: flection. One source reported that it was to prolonged staring at an undetailed ob-
| spinning. After 45 min object was lost to si Ject so very near to the bright sun.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $3) | :
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