Hopetown, South Africa, June 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-06
- Location
- Hopetown, South Africa
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD US NAVAL ATTACHE 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25Jun 60 Hopetown, South Africa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local1122 口Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT25/0922元 XP Ai~Vi suol D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 口Y. Military 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation not given one not given 口 Unkno wn 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 8ooo ft.Color of object brilliant white as though of burning magmesium. Appeared to move slower than shooting star. Appeared
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