Vicinity Jean, NevadaSeptember 1960

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Summary

On September 26, 1960, a civilian near Jean, Nevada, reported an exploding object at 1015 (about 10:15 GMT), during night hours. The witness, awakened by his wife, saw a bright light about 30 degrees above the horizon moving north to south. He could not tell the shape until it seemed to explode, when it looked cigar shaped and about the size of a grapefruit at arm's length. The object was brilliant white until the explosion, then turned very vivid green that lasted about 15 seconds before fading to white. It seemed to burn up about 10 degrees above the horizon. The sighting lasted 25 to 30 seconds. The Air Force listed the case as a meteor, probably a large bolide that was unusually big and lasted longer than usual.

Reported location

Vicinity Jean, Nevada

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

NV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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eSNeg $$ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ei
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: S i eo 0D Was Bolloo
26 sep 60 Vicinity Jean, Nevada - Bioheuty Gatien
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BTR RIR) SSN
| EE RR CR SN Ss SL) OX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar - Bod Lg PN
omT___ 26/10152 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroht
€ SEER tee SRE TE eS AC BT TE
0 VYes BD Probably Astronomicol Meteor
0 Ne Civilian : DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE ASeAEAR OST CRN
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
25-30 sec | one | S DO Unknown
© |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Not able to determine shape until object ex- Probably a type of meteor called a
ploded, then it was cigar shaped, about the bolide; one which was apparently very
size of a grapefruit; brilliant white until large and persisted longer than usual.
after explosion, then very vivid green which
persisted for about 15 sec, then faded to a
white light. Object seemed to burn up aprox
10° above horizon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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