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Case FileNARA NAID 28986003 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Downing, MissouriFebruary 1960

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Downing, Missouri in February 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 37.

Reported location

Downing, Missouri

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

MO / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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. 1 1. DATE ° 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
SERIA or el {1 Was Bollioon
i Vali a es 1 AD TALITY rr MS en ears ey . ,
: 206 Yebruary, ou UOWTLLNEg LG SOIL C3 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ha, ress blyuBalieen; |
BLY | Pe RRC a ty I ‘3 Ground: Visual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Wos Aiveraft ¢
a Ra Qa Lignaoly Alreralt
7 0d, ™~y, “si H
ad a eR O Ai~Visuvel 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
C Yes a [3 Probably Astronomizal
“a Na Civilian 3 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OB3ERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo Jase) {1 pp BE BEE J EN Re :
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
Cver 30 minutes WI Ou 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ound silver object about the size of a 10 vbservation by onc wilnsss, howsver
dinner plate floating to the SZ. Cbhserved all indications except the direction
for over half an hour, [first observation at point to a balloon observation, Tt
WG des elevation and estimated distance of is guite possible that the witness
two miles, After floating to the Si it. just cole have made an error in nis
disappeared, Winds to the east at all levels estimation of direction. Speed of the
and speeds atout 15 knots. object and duration oF the sighting
canform to a balloon obrorvsticii.
tnoagh information ‘is consistant ‘with
Dicevaluation of this sighting &s a balloqn. .
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 23 SEP 32)
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