Vicinity Midway Island, June 1960June 1960

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Summary

On June 25, 1960, the pilot and co-pilot of a military aircraft saw an object near Midway Island in the Pacific. The sighting happened at night and lasted 5 to 8 seconds. The object was a greenish-yellow ball that was extremely brilliant. It left the impression of a trail across the sky and moved at very high speed from west to east. It disappeared about 15 degrees above the horizon, breaking into two pieces just before burning out. The light grew steadily brighter until burnout. Both pilots said it was unlike any shooting star they had seen. The weather was clear. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical. The card compared it to earlier fireball sightings.

Reported location

Vicinity Midway Island, June 1960

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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“== ¢ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ~~. | |
MILITARY AIR P 10073 | ekg | |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS | p
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25 Jun 60 Vicinity Midway Island 8 ¥robably Belloon | ;
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balloon |
SIN cathe onioinsioninthan bin iis 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 Soholy Jaret oft |
/ our___26/08462 08462 X Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft | |
| 5. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomicol Meteor ]
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical :
® No Pilot and Co-pilot O Possibly Astronomical | 1
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO i BT
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5-8 sec one FE 0 Unknown |
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Greenish-yellow ball, extremely brilliant, Description and duration of sighting
leaving impression of trail across sky, compare favorably with similar data
traveling at an extremely high speed. Dis- from previous "fireball" sightings.
appeared aprox 15° above horizon separating
into 2 pieces immediately prior to burnout. ;
Intensity of light increased steadily until
§ | burnout.
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