Rhein Main AB, Germany, August 1951August 1951

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Summary

On August 24, 1951, at Rhein Main Air Base in Germany, a military pilot observed a bright light that seemed to fall slowly as if suspended from a parachute, then leveled off into a southerly course. The light made a turn to the east. It was extremely fast and round, white in color. The object or light appeared to travel very fast after leveling off. A visible path was evident through very light clouds, and starlight was quite bright. The altitude was thought to be very high, but the brilliance of the light made it appear to be much lower. The light was round, brilliantly white with no other colors, left no trail, and had a perfectly steady course subsequent to turns described above. The Air Force evaluation is unknown.

Reported location

Rhein Main AB, Germany, August 1951

Date of incident

August 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 August 1951

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Level
GMT 14/2020Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X]No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
UNK

2. LOCATION
Rhein Main AB, Germany

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X]Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Mil (pilot)

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
S

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
First a light, the light seemed to fall slowly as suspended from a parachute then it leveled off into a southernly course, made a turn West, t hen a trn Est. Extremely fast. Round, white.

11. COMMENTS
Sounds like a/c. However, reported as astronomical phenomena (?). Duration not included. Insufficient Data for analysis.

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