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Case FileNARA NAID 28987908 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Charleston, West VirginiaJuly 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 Charleston, West Virginia in July 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 39.

Reported location

Charleston, West Virginia

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

WV / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Wes Bolloon
20 or 21 Jul 60 Charleston, West Virginia 8 Probably Belleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION § FOUImY Ween
0 Was Aicraft
Local mer———— X Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor O Probably Aircraft
OM Tas 02002 Earl A O Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . RC Was Astronomicol
O Yes - Probably Astronomicellideteor
& Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0  OINOr—
0 og Doto for Evaluation
(8) nown
10-15 =ec cone pot given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
“and object with cma’l teardrop %ail, size Despription corresponds to slow meteor
| +f haszketball, bright like white heat. The observation.
mall ail was like an afterglow. Chlect was
‘aw Aver tree:, +raveliagz a straight flight
path, disappearad behini trees, Ground fog
rraszent. Airport 2-3 miles from sighting in
spe direction.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987908

Connected across the archive

Places

Charleston, WVWest Virginia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19601960-07-01

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