San Diego, California Area, April 1960April 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 14, 1960, a falling object changing color from red to reddish white was observed from San Diego, California. The object was observed from 26 degrees at 280 degrees and disappeared below the horizon at 330 degrees. It was in view for 15 seconds. No sound or tail was reported. The military source noted the sighting matched a Satellite Decay pattern. The direction, color, and duration suggested excessive duration for a meteor and disappearance over horizon indicated a decay rather than a meteor sighting.

Reported location

San Diego, California Area, April 1960

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 14 April, 1960

2. LOCATION: San Diego, California area

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] 0910Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 15 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One

9. COURSE: North-East [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Falling object changing color from red to reddish white observed from 26 deg at 280 deg and disappearing below horizon at 330 deg az. in view for 15 seconds. No sound or tail.

11. COMMENTS: Lunick III decay on unknown date in April. this sighting conforms to a Satellite Decay pattern. Color and direction as well as duration of the sighting. Object moved very slow for a meteor and disappearance over horizn. indicated excessive duration. It is more probable that this was a decay rather than a meteor sighting.

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

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986388