Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Humboldt, Kansas, 6 January 1961
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A civilian report of a fireball over Humboldt, Kansas, on January 6, 1961. The Air Force officially concluded the sighting was a meteor.
On January 6, 1961, at approximately 1730 hours local time, a civilian named Albert Jesseph observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon near Humboldt, Kansas. Mr. Jesseph reported seeing a whitish ball of fire traveling at a high rate of speed from the northeast to the southwest. The observation lasted for one to two seconds, during which time the object increased in intensity, broke into several pieces, and then disappeared. The witness initially believed the object might be a decaying satellite. The observation occurred after sunset during twilight. Mr. Jesseph estimated the object's position to be to the southeast of his location, placing it approximately over Chanute, Kansas. The report was submitted to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Official analysis conducted by ATIC categorized the event as an astronomical phenomenon, specifically concluding that the object was a meteor.
I observed a ball of fire (whitish) traversing at a high rate of speed from northeast to southwest.
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Official Assessment
Observation of meteor.
The object was identified as a meteor based on the observer's description of a whitish ball of fire moving at high speed, increasing in intensity, and breaking into pieces before disappearing.
Witnesses
- Albert JessephCivilian