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Case FileNARA NAID 28989829 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Avoca, WisconsinOctober 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 Avoca, Wisconsin in October 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 40.

Reported location

Avoca, Wisconsin

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
3 00 Vios Balloon
: 2 24 Cctobsr 1960 Avoca, Wisconsin 0 Prabably Balloon ]
: ee ee ee eee ee eee { Possibly Balloon |
4 3. UDATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ’ |
f =i § y 0D Wos Aircroft
i tH sul [4 de 52 O Groun 1-Radc r .
RT) BETES UME RE SS 1 Ground- Visual or a-N Ad 1 Probobly Aircraft
2 (a) dousibly Airecaf
Te AE AAC NE Leah BA 17 Air Visual O Air-Inteicept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
SE RRBEOR ee a NA SOUREE ee Ce ETT UE Wee Astionemt eal
QO Yes Physical 0 Probebly Astronomicol
k XX ro spac is 12n Civ i i ian 8 Possibly Astronomical H
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 151K Other RREE
1 10 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
J ARI 0 Unknown
; rot reported multiplo | on ground
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Pieces of tinfoil found in bunches, Physical specimens were chaff,
1 all of tho same sizo, Witness sent used in. jamming radar, {
samples for evaluation,
3 53 ATIC FORM 3292 (REV 26 SEP 52)
1 ’
3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989829

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