10 NM E of PointArena, CaliforniaSeptember 1960

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 10 NM E of PointArena, California in September 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 40.

Reported location

10 NM E of PointArena, California

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

; MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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| 1. DATE | 2 LocATiON 112. CONCLUSIONS |
{ |
| , ERY hp 10 NM of PointArena Califor |o Yas Balloon
{ Bo x : |) Probubly Bolicon
eee eee eee ee ee {3 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME CROUP | 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION ; hes hts |
| he
1 BR Cro a 0 Grmund-Visua! 0 Ground-Padar | iJ hid . FATE SY Al 3
A — i QQ Pro >ably Aircraf?
2) 1 RN ud 80 USAR £ Air Visual 0 Air-Intarcept Rador o er  POrTeraiy
5. PHOTOS Es TIE ERBOURGE: cone an en FL ©) Was Astronomical
0 Yes | Cea 3 Probably Astronomicel Miataor|
" MAL1IGCETY 0 Possibly Astronomicol |
7. LENGTH OF C33ZRYATION | 2. NUMBZR OF CBJECYS | 9. COURSE ue RE —
{1 insufficient Dotto for Evalustion
2 an | one (= ( 2) 0 Unknown
- | | | -
10. BRIEF SUMSARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, blues object, size of basketball at arm's| Sighting has all characteristics of
length, had long blue and yellow tail. Slight meteor, except that the duration is
descent moving slowly across horizon, faded excessive. Satellite reentrie wf 1960
from view. Epsilon © and 7 occurred this date,
. ww ff wey - 4 A Wee 7 3 Db ‘ ' 3
c= PASE = 36] 235A [(Lro~*D0K, however the color and general descriptiold
<>o Fe 2 =T, [TELA 4 4 conform more to a meteor observation.
Case listed as meteor observation.
| |
ATIC FORM 120 (REV 25 SEP 52) y

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989308

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Places

10 NM E of PointArena, CA California

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-09-01