Sebring, FloridaFebruary 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the evening of February 10, 1960, a resident of Sebring, Florida saw an unidentified object in the night sky. The witness described it as a white light glowing like an automobile headlight shining through fog. The object appeared oval in shape. During the sighting, which lasted approximately one minute, the object moved from north to south before disappearing vertically upward.

The Air Force questionnaire completed by the witness provides the core details of the observation. The sighting occurred at around 1915 (7:15 p.m.) local time. The witness was looking roughly straight up when the object first appeared and was still looking nearly vertical when it vanished. According to the witness's answers, the object's brightness resembled a distant car's headlight, and it did not flicker, change shape, or behave erratically during the brief period it was visible.

The case file shows that the Air Force found the report problematic. A cover sheet note stated that the "report contains little unbiased information" and that "insufficient data is available for a valid conclusion as to the nature of this object." The file does not specify what the Air Force ultimately believed the object was, though the original record card listed "Unknown" as the evaluation. No radar data, weather analysis, or investigative follow-up appears in the available pages.

The full case file, consisting of 20 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Sebring, Florida

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

FL / US

Page count

20 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Ey BLES LASER ae 1 ta Bal ellLg 2 J UT IRE STR ERIN & rf gab HE AREF | EAA LUMI SET RNEITR Tap ARATE TR $ ATA 5 wy . 4 pr TE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS S00 mp0 Feb 1960 BSatrine, Florida 0 Was Balloon ; dy b AEs 10 rob. 196C rel (me) Probably Balloon 3, DATE-TIME GROUP %. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|0 Possibly Bolloon 1915 Aonpox AG Vi yi ; 2 Vas Aircraft ’ local ld ™ Ground-VYisuvol 0 Ground-Radar Bl Probably Areroft : (} I) Prag Gr i AE I SCM IR Se kas 0 Air-Visval 0 Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical ; fl Yes 3 Probably Astronomical | 8H No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH CF O33ZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF QBJECTS | 9. COURSE uj (OY § YA te do os ON Da be A es Py YAY 4 : ‘- Insufficiant Data for Evaluation 1 he minute Jne N to S 0 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS SER Ses Na] White light glowing as a headlight would Report contains little unbiased in fog. Oval shape. Disappeared vertically. inf'ormation. Insufficient data is available for a valid conclusion ~ as to the nature of this object. one witness, ATIC FORM 320 (BV 26 32P 32) : gi ASR RR TE ER ET RN CaP CREE SE FR TA Et Grr