govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28985712 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

(03-45N 165-25W) Near Johnston Island, January 1960January 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from (03-45N 165-25W) Near Johnston Island, January 1960 in January 1960. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 37.

Reported location

(03-45N 165-25W) Near Johnston Island, January 1960

Date of incident

January 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
fiver Ba i VII 1 i 1 pp RE " . ns i _ A i. )
N v
| |
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION (ng jon 143 neinr) 12. CONCLUSIONS |
20) INUATY 1060 liear Johnston island 0 Was Balloon |
1 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balloon
; 2 i 0 Was Aircraft
toca] fronts RB Oreundiyisig) 0 Ground-Radar £1 Probably Alrerelt |
i An AA C EASA 4 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercent Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS - | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes 0 Probably Astronomical
“OF No “ilitary O Possibly Astronomical
“7. LENGTH OF O2SERVATION |B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE |B Other ilove |
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
Not, Given one Ascending 0 Unknown
AA es HCE LRU aes STII (
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Ubiject apoeared from below ascending. wright erobvatly a ster shell or flare of
white and cast glow as it nassed to the resy some sort fired for identification
1 of ‘the a/c. A/C at 11,5000 ft sli, Lt peak or other reason in connection with
elevation ths shell burst into a orange the missile range activity.
flame with black smoke. Apseared to gain in
intensity as ascending. Duration not given.
Electronic interference in area from missilg
range activity.
4 CNO
ATIC FORM 329 (R2V 26 8EP §2)
J
Hans ss a Hut p ;
/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985712

Connected across the archive