Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFO Sighting, Atmore, Alabama
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A report regarding two unidentified light sightings in Atmore, Alabama, on 13 May 1961. The Air Force concluded the lights were the fuselage lights of commercial or military jet aircraft flying along nearby established airways.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an accompanying memorandum from the Air Force Missile Test Center, dated 19 May 1961. The report details a UFO sighting in Atmore, Alabama, reported by a local high school senior who worked at the local radio station, WATM. The witness reported observing two separate brilliant white or bluish-white lights passing over the vicinity of Atmore on 13 May 1961. The first light was observed at 0010 CST moving from West to East, and the second was observed at 0230 CST moving from Northwest to Southeast. The witness compared the lights to his previous observations of the Echo I satellite. The investigating officer, Lt. Colonel James O. Payne, personally interviewed the witness and concluded that the objects were not unidentified, but rather the white fuselage lights of commercial or military jet aircraft. This conclusion was supported by the proximity of Atmore to two established jet airways: the Northwest-Southeast airway J20V and the East-West airway J50V. The investigator noted that such lights are often visible at great distances, exceeding the range of standard red and green navigation lights. The report concludes that no further action was required.
The undersigned has observed that the white light under the fuselage of a jet aircraft can be seen at a considerably farther distance than the red and green flashing navigation lights.
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Official Assessment
These rather brilliant white lights were the white lights under the fuselage of either a commercial jet aircraft or a military jet aircraft.
The sighting was attributed to jet aircraft flying along established airways. Atmore, Alabama is located 10 nautical miles south of the Northwest-Southeast jet airway J20V and 5 nautical miles north of the East-West jet airway J50V.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Senior in high schoolRadio Station WATM
Key Persons
- [illegible]Witness