PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7813828

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONHopetown South Africa

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US NAVAL ATTACHE i all PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 0 Was Balloon
25 Jun 60 Hopetown, South Africa ral Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a. Pessmy Benen
O Was Aircraft
Local 1122 © Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Roder oO Probably Aircraft
GMT OFILS YD Air Vi suel © Air-Intereept Radar |9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS OL [X Was Astronomical Meteor
OO Yes Milit O Probably Astronomic
Neo ary , 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE CS een ereggenemnpnmgnseee
0 Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
not given one O Unknown |
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Object resembling shooting star except 10-15 Daytime meteor. Color appears white and
times wider, with smoke trail observed about tail as smoke.

noon at 8000 ft. Color of object brilliant
white as though of burning magnesium. Appeared
to move slower than shooting star. Appeared
30° above horizon and disappeared 15°. No

direction of object given although traveling
toward Indian Ocean.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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CMM as wise THREE sECEN sot SOUTH 140 rou 24 ZERO SEVEN EAS EAST CLN SIGHTING
RESEMBLED SHOOTING STAR ECEPY BAND WIDTH OF LIGHT WAS ote zfRO TO ONE

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FIVE TIME AS WIDE Ci COLOR WAS BRILLIANT WHITE RESEMBLING BURNING

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MAGNESIUM CHM APPEARED TO MOVE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWER THAT A
SHOOTING STAR CMM OBJECT APPEARED APPROXIMATELY THREE ZERO DEGREES

ABOVE HOREZON CMM DISAPPEARED APPROXIMATELY ONE FIVE DEGREES ABOVE
HORIZON Ci SHOKE TRAIL FOLLOVED OBJECT X SOURCE WAS FLYING AT ELGIT zfRO
who m0 FE ON A MEADING OF T00 sfx wRO DEGREES x SOURCE WAS UNABLE. TO
DETERMINE IMPACT AREA WHETHER ON LAND OR IN THE OCEAN CMM TRAJECTORY OF
OBJECT OR DISTANCE FROM SOURCE X UNION DEFENCE FORCE ADVISES THEY

HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF OBJECT IMPACTING IN SOUTH AFRICA X NO FURTHER

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