Bitburg AB, Germany, December 1960December 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 Bitburg AB, Germany, December 1960 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

Bitburg AB, Germany, December 1960

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
} 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
} 13 Dea 50 Aitburz AB, Ge ow 1 Was Bolioon
J ” pltburg AS, Germally 03 Probably Balison
ET USO ET REE A EU RR Ee ES er, a mr B 1! io
3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OASERVATION » Toswity Seow
: 001 Was Aicraft
Local Eo SUE —— tr Ground-Visuol 0 CGround-Rodar 1 Probably Aircraft
- 15102307 ag Pp ibly Aircraft
Hn CMT _ Ll 2 — QO AirVisual 0 Air-Intsrespt Padar aw—y
5 PHOTOS Z. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical
O Yes ? 3 0) Probably | stronomical
tH Neo Civilian 0 Possibly i stronomieal
| 7. LENGTH OF 033Z3VATION x 3 NUVBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Other ote
11 Insufticient Data for Evaluation
2 hrs 25 min ona SW 0 Unknown
"2 BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ITC Te
Object more brilliant than stars wi th red on Too slow for plane, Possible balloon.
| top and green and white flickering lights.
Moved in BE-W direction from hcrizon ©O
horizon in 2 hrs and 25 min. Raquest for
additioral information sent and no reply
: received.
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REY 1% SEP 352)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990469

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-12-01