Speicher, Germany, June 1960June 1960

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Summary

On June 7, 1960, a witness near Speicher, Germany, saw a bright object fall through the sky. The card lists one object.

The object was bullet-shaped and about the length of a C-124 aircraft. It looked like a greenish, fluorescent, shimmering substance with a tail. It also showed dark brown and red colors. The object's starting elevation was not given.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the sighting had the characteristics of a meteor.

Reported location

Speicher, Germany, June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
ala DO Wos Balloon |
T Jun 60 Speicher, Germany 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TRY
: O Was Aiicraft
Local B Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar 0 Probably Alverdte
emt.27 2215% O Air Visuvel 0 Air-Intercep? Radar U' FRsumy fron
5. PHOTOS ay 5. SOUR 1 a A Meteor
es O Probe stronomico
X Neo Civilian ! D Possibly Astronomicol
VRRRITIRREIRAR, DER NR A AV ERR SRO NIN
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 DMO amin
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8-10 sec one descending O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bullet shaped object with length of C-12L. The initial elevation was not given,
* |Appeared greenish fluorescent shimmering however sighting has the characteristiésj|
substance with a tail and dark brown and red of a meteor sighting of long duration.
{colored body. Object was descending at a 45°
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