San Diego, CaliforniaDecember 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On December 4, 1960, in San Diego, California, a military witness reported an extremely bright blue object. The witness looked up while getting out of a car and saw the object. It changed position and moved quickly in a way typical of a meteor. The object faded out after two seconds. The sighting lasted only a few seconds. A military source reported the object as round and dime-shaped. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

San Diego, California

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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WILLARD, W.T. AND                PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                  2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
4 Dec 60                 San Diego, California         [ ] Was Balloon
                                                        [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP       4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [ ] Was Aircraft
Local    2310            [ ] Ground-Visual             [ ] Probably Aircraft
GMT      ___            [ ] Air-Visual                [X] Possibly Aircraft
                        [ ] Ground-Radar              [ ] Was Astronautical
5. PHOTOS               [ ] Air-Intercept Radar       [ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Yes                                               [ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] No               6. SOURCE                        [ ] Other_______________
                       Military                       [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION                            [ ] Unknown
8 secs                 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
                       One                  [illegible]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Vivid, extremely bright blue object, size of
dime, disappeared in almost the same position
as when first sighted, although it moved in a
straight flight path.

11. COMMENTS
The slight change in position and the
quick fade out are typical of a meteor.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990351