2 Mi N of Buffalo, New YorkJune 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 2 Mi N of Buffalo, New York in June 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 38.

Reported location

2 Mi N of Buffalo, New York

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS °
O Was Balloon
7 Jun 60 2 mi N of Buffalo, New York 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP "| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon :
0 Was Aircraft
BOI iii iiss & Ground- Visual O Ground-Radoar O Probably Aircraft | |
CMT 08/02002 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aireralt | |
5. PHOTOS ay 5. SOURCE (s] ht Bars lg ib 3 |
es a robably Astronomic :
of No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE THE RR AR A :
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation J

5-7 min one not given O Unknown

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING od 11. COMMENTS |

Bright gold colored object, first seen 10° Insufficient information for evaluation. |
above horizon, rose to 30° above horizon. Duration of sighting and risingsuggest | |
balloon sighting. Lo

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987243

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Places

2 Mi N of Buffalo, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-06-01