Scott AFB, IllinoisNovember 1961

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Summary

On November 5, 1961, a military witness at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, reported an object at about 1:07 a.m. local time. The source was a special agent judged reliable. The object was a blue-green streak of light. It began with a flash of yellow light, then changed to a blue-green streak that widened into a pie-shaped segment as it fell. One object was seen. It was at an azimuth of about 330 degrees, in a northerly direction, on a gentle, even path. The sighting lasted about one full second. The weather was clear and calm. The Air Force noted the sighting had all the marks of a bolide as it explodes. It listed the case as a meteor.

Reported location

Scott AFB, Illinois

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

IL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS o

: A Selon : O Was Ball

5 lov 61 Scott AFB, Illinods 0 Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION H. Fossey Swiswn

4 ) 0 Was Aircraft

3 BL AA Re OO RI B¥Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar n Probably Aircraft

1 GMT, 0507 30Z 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS - SOURCE ‘@ Was Astronomico 1 ETEC

a D0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

E DN Military O Possibly Astronomical

: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [RA AACA Ea RT

E @] 4 hl Data for Eveluotion

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E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGBlue green streak of jn COMMENTS Sighting has all charz:teristic
4 light with flash of yellow breaking into pie- of bolide as it explodes. Color, disintefra
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