Zaragoza AB, Spain, August 1960August 1960

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Summary

On August 28, 1960, an observer at Zaragoza Air Base in Spain reported seeing a bright UFO. The object appeared as a white ball of light with an orange or red tinge and a short trail of sparks behind it. It traveled in a straight line with no changes in direction, heading roughly northeast, and disappeared suddenly.

The sighting lasted between five and ten seconds. An air base officer later noted that the object was definitely not a satellite and that falling stars seemed unlikely because of how bright and steady the light appeared.

The Air Force asked for more details, requesting information about where the object was positioned in the sky when first spotted and when it vanished, but the OCR text becomes largely illegible in the pages that follow, making it difficult to determine what additional observations were recorded.

The file's conclusion stated that the cause was probably a meteor. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 9 pages.

Reported location

Zaragoza AB, Spain, August 1960

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

Transcribed text

I
i MILITARY : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
J 28 Aug 60 Zaragoz vai O Was Bolloon
3 aragoza AB, Spaln 0 Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TWP Won |
4 ) Zi ;
TREIENR © Een Pfu) Ground Vi sveal (»} Ground-Radar a Was Aiveraft
E n3/18547 OQ Peobably Aireroft
1 OM Teammate OO AirVisuel O Air-intercep? Rodor W Tossuy Merv
/ 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 3 Was Astronomicol
i O Yes Gig IX Probably AstrenomicolMet aor
4 7 Ne Military : 0 Possibly Astronomical {
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1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE ROUTE GN—
ir PA 0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation |
i "5-10 sec one O Unknown |
Ee a —————————— a —— Ee ——————— ——————————————————————————— ee ——————————— ————————————— a Se -
3 in. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS |
| pg ball, ight end very bright white, | It is concluded that the cause for this |
3 Shas. Orang or red with short trail of sparks, | sighting was probably a meteor.
] Flizht path was a straight line with no
E maneuvars, heading 030°, Disappeared instan-
G hanecusly. |
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4 ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988593

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-08-01

Roles

observer