Waynesville, North CarolinaOctober 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 5, 1961, a civilian in Waynesville, North Carolina, reported an object at about 9:50 p.m. local time. The witness watched the object through a telescope. It was silver and larger than an aircraft, and it appeared to be spinning. The witness reported three lights like neon. The object moved from south to north and disappeared to the north. The witness could not give the size, distance, or how long the object was in view. A military air tanker was reported in the area at the time. The local intelligence officer noted a probable weather balloon. The Air Force listed the case as insufficient data, saying no valid conclusion could be made.

Reported location

Waynesville, North Carolina

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

NC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

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1 \. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Aces
. 5 Oct 61 Waynesville, North Carolina 8 Riot Baia
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Forme Dein
a 2150 3 i 0 Wos Aircraft
i Local 2 HE: Ground Visual 0 Ground-Redar 0 Probably Aircroft
3 GMT 0002507 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E XB Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
EF 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I smi
‘8 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: Not given 1 S-N Yann
F 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGSilver obJjt, larger than |11. COMMENTS Witness watched objt through
E a/c. ‘rpeared to be spinning. 3 lights k like |telescope, yet could not determine az or
5 necn. Disappeared to N. elevation, suggesting that he did not kno \
E how to use a telescope, Witness did not
FE know how long the objt was in view. Appar
FE ently only thing he knew was that he saw
a a large silver objt. moving across sky.
E Due to lack of sufficient data, a valid
E conclusion cannct te made as to nature of
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