Verona, Italy, July 1960July 1960

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Summary

On July 18, 1960, several witnesses saw a flaming object over the Verona, Italy area at about 7:35 p.m. The sighting lasted about 8 seconds. The object was bright white and circular, with a bluish white rear area. It had a tail about 8 times longer than the main body, with a blend of orange and red. It moved across the sky from south to north, about 80 degrees above the horizon, and seemed to travel horizontally. The main witness was a military officer. Children and several enlisted personnel nearby also saw it. An Army major in the Livorno area reported a similar sighting around the same time. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical and probably a meteor.

Reported location

Verona, Italy, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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1 BE Major MULTIPLE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

[1 oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

1 18 Jul 60 ero aly O Was Balloon

1 VRP. Q Probobly Balloon

4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION » VwY S—

i 0 Wes Aieraft

4 LOH canes ——— ti Ground-Visvel O Ground-Rodor a Probably

1 sup JSIADEOR 0 Ain Visvel O Alrcimtorcopt Roeder |O Possibly Alrerelt

4 5. PHOTOS . 9 Was og

4 OVYes Probably Astronomical Meteo
3 B No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

jo J

F | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TRE — wa—
1 O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
8 sec one S-N w —

| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS

Flaming object, bright white with bluish tail Sight ing by many observers. Probably

8 times as long as main object. Teil had blend meteor.

of orange and red. Travsrsed 80° arc from S-N.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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