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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7821660

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONNNWof Lebreville Africa

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| MILITARY AIR | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

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22 Aug 60 NNW of Lebreville, Africa G Probotly ‘Beltoon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION = ee
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GMT ~AL7591Z 5 Ale Vi sual oO Air-Intereep? Redeor Possibly Aircraft
. 5. PHOTOS |G Wes Astronomical Metcor
} O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
| 2 Ne Military c Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE GO Other.
lo Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
| me 0O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
‘ Rowad, orange object, size of volley ball. | Witmesses probably saw a type of meteor
Ooject exploded in a brilliant flash at an called a "bolide.”

poms’ 20-30,000 ft altitude. After explo-

| sion a dDluish green trail was ooserved which
lasted about 2 sec, then changed into a whitish
| gray could which lasted for 9 min.

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(3) C-124, AF 17276, 10,500 FEET, 299 DEGREES TKU HEADING,
10 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT'S HOME STATION, DDONALDSON AFB SOUTH
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‘D) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
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‘E) LOCATION OF OBSERVER
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| ISLANDS, NORTH NORTHWEST OF LEBREVILLE, WEST AFRICA COAST
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(5) SOLID UNDERCAST TOPS ESTIMATED AT 9,000 FEET
(3) NONE
(7) PLUS 18 DEGREES *c®
(S$) OBJECT EXPLODED IN A BRILLIANT FLASH AT ESTIMATED ALTITUDE
29,000 TO 30,000 FEET AFTER FOUR SECONDS OBSERVATION ON ITS COURSE.
SIZE OF FLASH WAS AT LEAST TWO FEET IN DIAMETER AT ARMS LENGHT.
°STER EXPLOSION A BLUISH GREEN TRAIL WAS OBSERVED IN AN ARC OF
‘PPORXIMATELY TWENTY DEGREES WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY TWO
SCONDS AND CHANGED INTO A WHITISH GREY THLXZR ICPXATED CLOUD
“STIMATED FIVE FEET LONG AND ONE FOOT HIGH WHEN HELD AT ARMS
“NGTH. OBSERVATION OF THIS CLOUD WAS OBSERVED BEING DISAPATED
’ THE WINDS ALOFT. THIS CLOUD LASTED FOR A PERIOD OF NINE
‘INUTES. POSITION OF THE FLASH AND CLOUD FORMATION WAS ESTIMATED
~ SONM FROM OBSERVERS POSITION.
3.) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT
1) AIRCRAFT COMMANDER FIRST OBSERVED OBJECT IN SKY DUE TO
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5) TWELVE O'OCLOCK POSITION WITH 80 DEGREES ELEVATION AT

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°3) TEN O'CLOCK POSITION WITH 45DEGREES ELEVATION END

SIGHTING
© +4) OBJECT'S FLIGHT PATH WAS IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION

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-) PREPARING OFFICER: JAMES F, WOOD, CAPT, USAF, FASE

“\TELLIGENCE OFFICER, HQ 3906TH COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP APO 117,
| fw YORK, NEW YORK. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS
| cerrvED FROM THE CREW MEMBERS: (41) CREW ARRIVED AT FLASH

SITION OF SONM FROM AIRCRAFT BY TIMING RELATIVE MOTION OF
“OUD AS IT MOVED FROM TEN O'CLOCK TO NINE O'CLOCK POSITION
SING NINE MINUTE OBSERVATION. ¢2) CREW REPORTED SIGHTING

co AIRWAYS AT 22/1754Z AND RECEIPT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. AT
/13002, CONGO AIRWAYS AGAIN CONTACTED AND ADVISED CLOUD HAD

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DISAPATEDe CONGO AIRWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED. APPROXIMATELY 22/18202
‘ONGO AIRWAYS REQUESTED AND RECEIVED AIRCRAFT POSITION AT TIME
* SIGHTING.e (3) APPROXIMATELY 22/2200Z2, SIDI AIRWAYS REQUESTED
VERIFICATION OF INFORMATION GIVEN CONGO AIRWAYS AND ASKED IN
ADDITION, FOR COLOR, DIRECTION, ALTITUDE AND DID THE OBJECT HIT
THE WATER? THIS WAS ASKED IN RELAY FOR CHATERAUX. INFORMATION
JAS GIVEN AT THIS TIME. ¢4) CREW FIRST LANDING AFTER SIGHTING
jAS SIDI SLIMANE AB MOROCCO, AT 23/09552. COMPLETION OF
INTERROGATION WAS AT 23/14002. COMMENT: DUE TO AIRCRAFT
COMMANDER'S ELEVEN THOUSAND FLYING HOURS AND HIS DEFINATE
STATEMENTS$ ¢€1) THAT THIS OBJECT WAS NOT A METEOR SIGHTING AS
‘= HAD PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED METEORS, BUT RATHER LIKE THE SIZEZ
.D APPEARANCE OF THE SOVIETS FIRST SPUTNIK WHICH HE HAD OBSERVED.
iT IS BELIEVED POSSIBLE THIS SIGHTING COULD HAVE BEEN A MISSILE
IGHTING THAT WAS OFF COURSE FROM THE FRENCE MISSILE RANGE IN NORTH
?RICAs IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS DESIRED, THE CREW MEMBERS CAN BE
‘TACTED AT 4TH MATS TRANSPORT PROVISIONAL SQUADRON, CHATTERAUX
. STATION, FRANCE. THE CREW IS ON AN INDEFINITE TDY THERE
¢ CONGO AIR LIFT.

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Sige of the flash was at least 2 fee et in diameter at arms length. A:

oluisn green trail was observed in anare a. about 20 dez which lasted about 2? seconds

and changed into a whitish grey clout estimated 5 feet long and 1 foot nign when neld
d by the wind. Tne cloud lasted

at arms length. Tne clout was observed being disipate
for 9 minutes, the kam object seconds. The f
50 NM from observers position.

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UFO ANALYSIS SHEET ———
Location NNW of Lebreville, west Africa  (airborn)

Date 22 August 1960 Hour (Z) 17512

wx Vis unl, solid undercast, scattered clouds xm above

Description Round, size of volly ball at arms length, orange, first seen dead

ahead (299 deg) 80 deg elev, last seen at 240 deg 4S deg elev, object moved

south in a downward arc, it exploded in a brilliant fiash at an estimated

20,000 to 30,000 ft altitude after about h seconds of obs on xx its course (over

Direction of Motion South

Satellite: (AFCIN-4F3, Phone 69219) _ Ruled out

Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Prod meteor (bolide)

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