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Case FileNARA NAID 28990074 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

99 mi N of Midway Island, November 1960November 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 99 mi N of Midway Island, November 1960 in November 1960. The full case file (3 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

99 mi N of Midway Island, November 1960

Date of incident

November 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 14 Nov 60

2. LOCATION: 99 mi N of Midway Island

12. CONCLUSIONS:
- Was Balloon
- Probably Balloon
- Possibly Balloon
- Was Aircraft
- Probably Aircraft
- Possibly Aircraft
- Was Astronomical
- Probably Astronomical
- Possibly Astronomical
- Other
- Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local... GMT: 15/1120Z & 15/1120Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
- Ground-Visual
- Ground-Radar
- Air-Visual
- Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: ---

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Two

9. COURSE: Descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Two bright falling objects spaced 10 minutes apart. Appeared at 030° level with horizon both times.

11. COMMENTS:
No satellites receiving at the time of the sighting. Information reported as limited, but objects sighted were probably meteors.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990074

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Military

Places

99 mi N of Midway Island

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

14 Nov 6015/1120Z19601960-11-01

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