8 Mi S of Smethport, PennsylvaniaOctober 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 8 Mi S of Smethport, Pennsylvania in October 1960. The full case file (5 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

8 Mi S of Smethport, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989767

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Places

8 Mi S of Smethport, PA Pennsylvania

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-10-01