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Case FileNARA NAID 28990394 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

3530N 13130W 350 mi W of Los Angeles, CaliforniaDecember 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 3530N 13130W 350 mi W of Los Angeles, California in December 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 41.

Reported location

3530N 13130W 350 mi W of Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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