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Case FileNARA NAID 28989529 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

1 Mi NW of Wheaton, MarylandOctober 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 1 Mi NW of Wheaton, Maryland in October 1960. The full case file (6 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 40.

Reported location

1 Mi NW of Wheaton, Maryland

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

MD / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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[1 pave E LOCATION & CONCLUSIONS
Va SRE HR RE : 0 Was Balloon
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abl 4 ML Lv OL Wagan, alyland O Probably Bolicon
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3. DATZ-TIME GROUP | i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WT. CRESINY Snes
Pra x 0 Was Aiveraf?
c 1 Gs d-Vis J Cround-i 8 bs
Er RR NER RE RR OB ava £1 Ground-Visual 0} Ground-Rodar 1 Probably Airerof?
g Way 1 F sib { .
GMT. SU CRRERERN RR | 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-intarcept Hadar O Possibly A rerakt Tila :
5. PHOTOS Bl 4. SOURCE Es 0. Was Astronemiecol Oma Lliaul
Yes te Sh [> Probobly Astronomical
é B Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
& 7. LENGTH OF O83E3VATION  . | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOW
; ! 0 Insufficient Data for Cyaluation
£ 2 min one RAT pe 0 Unknown
3 mis | ne stationary :
3 1). BRIER SUMMARY DF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
Shapeless ob, 2ct, ten times the diameter of an | Probably the star Fomalhaut which was in
i averags star and mich brighter, extramely the position reported for the obiact.
; bright yellowish cast. The intensity diminished! Possibly viewed with atmospheric refrac- |
uring a five second interval to the brightness) tion causing undue brightness.
I a normal star. A few seconds later the ob-
ject disappeared completely.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REY 75 SEP §2)
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