Rhodesia, Africa, May 1960May 1960

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Summary

On May 20, 1960, several observers in Rhodesia saw an object in the sky, including staff from the Civil Aviation Department. The object was seen as a point of light only.

The object was round and greenish. The witnesses compared its size to a tennis ball. It was reported traveling very fast, with an estimate of about 3,000 miles per hour. The report noted the information was very limited.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Because the information was so limited, the Air Force reached no positive conclusion, and the card noted the object was probably a fireball.

Reported location

Rhodesia, Africa, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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WITIPLE © PROJECT 10073 RECOP CARD i
I. DATE 2. LOCATION - 12. CONCLUSIONS
| May O Was Balloon
; 20 60 Rhodesia ) ( y 0 Probably Balloon
IB | DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATI] le Se.
| 0 Was Aircraft
Local X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably Aireroft
oMT____2003552 May 60 0 Air Vial O Air-lntercopt Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft |
| 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i 0'Yes X Probably Astronomical Meteox]
® No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TR CRN :
{ O Insufficient Dove for Evaluation
3 sec one SW-NE = —— ed |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; of 1. COMMENTS
Greenish colored, size of tennis ball, travel- | Probably a fireball.
ing aprox 3000 mph. | / |
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