Tel Aviv, Israel, July 1960July 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 2, 1960, a U.S. Naval Attache and his wife saw a bright light in the sky over Tel Aviv, Israel, at about 8:25 p.m. local time. There was little or no apparent motion. The light seemed to glow and grow larger. There was no sound. The witness thought it might be an aircraft on fire and checked with a nearby airport, but got negative replies. The report suggested it could be a satellite reentry. The Air Force noted the duration was not given, so a firm conclusion could not be drawn. It found a meteor sighting more likely, while noting a balloon or the star Spica could not be fully ruled out. The card concluded there was insufficient data.

Reported location

Tel Aviv, Israel, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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US NAVAL ATTACHE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE . | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| "lo Was Ball
| 2 Jul 60 Tel Aviv, Israel E Peietty Sion
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
if ] LO i —— XGround- Visual O Ground-Radoar a erm Sa | |
GMT 02 18252 0 AirVisel O Aic-Intercopt Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS . SOURCE n] rons |
| ig Civilian (Neval Attache) § Shel) Aewnemied |
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 2 DTI iii
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
gi not given one stationary O Unknown | |
io. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
 |Bright light which seemed to glow and to grow Duration of sighting not given; thereforq,
- hprighter and larger. No apparent motion. No a valid conclusion cannot be given. Only |
. leound. Indicated possible report of satellite ope known reentry in July. More probate |
reentry. that this is a meteor sighting, however
po firm conclusion can be drawn on the |
1imited data.
§ . ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
pr pr . - | “ RS RSA i am i DR ETB i JA ee 5 _- Hane Cae J = -

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987618