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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  25 Jun 60 | Long Island Sound, New York | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2100 GMT 26/0200Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6-8 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE S-NE rtng S ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for E…

September 14, 1960

Mr. [redacted]

Dear Mr. [redacted]

We have not been able to determine the nature of your recent observation, and are therefore forwarding your report to:

Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
Ohio

Any further correspondence regarding this matter should be sent to them.

Thank you for your time and interest.

Respectfully,

[redacted]

cc: ATIC

ATIC
14286 CO 1331
RECEIVED

REPORT FORM FOR METEOR OBSERVATION
Information marked * is vital

* Place of observation: Deck of the ~~headed West midway between Plum Gut and Shatter Island, L.I. (Long Island Sound).~~

* Date: June 25, 1960
Time: 9 P.M.
(Give Time Standard and whether am. or pm)

* Accuracy of time given above:
(e.g. say "exact", or "+1 minute", or "+5 minutes", etc.)
+ or - 5 minutes.

* Brightness (compared to stars, planets, moon or other useful standard source such as a street light at a certain distance):
1st Magnitude Star

Direction in which object was first seen:
(To N, or SE, or WNW, etc.)
6-8 min…

-2-

Color
White

Did it explode, disintegrate, or suddenly vanish?
No

* Any tail or trail?
No

Did any sound accompany the object?
No

If sound followed later, give time interval:
—

Was it examined with binoculars or telescopes or photographed?
No

*Give position of trajectory for at least two points with regard to stars if possible:
Unable to do so.

Any other remarks: Seen by 3 adults and 3 children. We assumed it must have been a plane similar to the U-2 flying at such great heights it was reflecting sunlight even though the earth was in darkness. After reading newspaper reports of a sim…