2 Mi W Of Loogootee, IndianaApril 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 W Of Loogootee, Indiana in April 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 W Of Loogootee, Indiana

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

IN / 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 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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; TS le SE Ea Ee draenei 1 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION ¢ |
I 3 00 Was Alhvcraft
wocal «Vise 3 Ground-Radar he ih
row Eo iJieround: Vi vaal " 0 Probobly Aireraft
vi fe AVY : ” ssibly Alrcroaf
a GMT.CA/01 30.07 i) ER 0 Air-Visual 0 Aie-Intorcopt Rodos 0 Possibly Aircroit
5 PHOTOS 16. SOURCE 8 Wes Astronomical
| 0 Yes 00 Prohobly Astronomics!
; Civiliar : 0D Poszibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH C= OBSERVATION 8. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other __ ______ ~
{1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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10, BRIZE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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trees and disappearing behind a hill. The data,
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ground and traveled at z slow rate of spesd
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Places

2 Mi W Of Loogootee, IN Indiana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-04-01