4 5NMSWOf Bitberg Germany unidentified aerial event — April 1960

The objects disappeared and reappeared, traveling at high speed from the ground to a high altitude. PLS ROUTE AREA G SAW 898 PP-STATIC ONLY EYA824 FTE21AWS28- PP RJEDSQ DE RJFPFO 13C P 19971222 ZIP FM COMDR 36 TFW BITBURG AB GERMANY TO RJFPSD/COMDR 17 AF RAMSTEIN AB GERMANY RJFPFHV/HQ USAFE WIESBADEN GERMANY RJFFLAL/HQ NORAD ENT AFB COLORADO RJEDSQ/AIR TECH INTEL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHRGH USAF WASH 25 D C RJEZHR/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORGKE UNCLAS EFTO HQ 17 AF DS/INT HQ USAF G. (1) EXTREMELY CLEAR, VISIBILITY EXCELLENT (2) 5,200 FEET - 230/23KTS 15,000 FEET - 230/23KTS 16,000 FEET - 240/32KTS 20,000 FEET - 240/32KTS 30,000 FEET - 220/22KTS 40,000 FEET - 220/22KTS 50,000 FEET - 220/22KTS (3) NO CLOUDS (4) 12MM (5) NO CLOUDS (6) NONE (7) 6200 FEET - 7 DEGREES C UNCLAS UFFO UNCLAS EFTO PAGE TWO RJFPO 13SC MAIN BODY: (7) VERY LONG TAIL, SUCH AS A COMETS TAIL (8) NONE-HEAD (9)NONE (1) MOVEMENT OF OBJECT (2) OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED DIRECTLY UNDER THE MOON (3) OBJECT APPEARED TO TRAVEL AT AN ANGLEOF FORTY FIVE DEGREES FROM THE MOON UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE HILLS- OBJECT WAS ESTIMATED TRAVELLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. OBSERVERS WERE DRIVING NORTH EAST AT TIME OF SIGHTING. (4) NO MANEUVERS OTHER THAN STRAIGHT FLIGHT OBSERVED (5) OBJECT DISAPPEARED RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH - BEHIND HILLS IN THE AREA (6) APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE SECONDS OBJECT APPEARED TO MOVE SLOWER THAN FALLING STAR.