Eastern Washington, September 1960September 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 Eastern Washington, September 1960 in September 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

Eastern Washington, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

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

823 RADRCN PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
a To
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
16 Sep 60 Rastern Washington OD Wos Boiloon
QO Probably Balloon
————— —————— ——— i iE ai 2
3. DATE-TIME GROUP I TYPE OF OBSERVATION i Possibly Balloon
Local CE ————————— CL Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor Q Wes Aircraft
p—— 1 Probably Aircraft
MTS ie ee | 0 AirVisual 0 Alr-Intarcopt Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
_ MT | Bm
5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 0/ Was Astronomic A MateoOr
O Yes | Sela ©) Probably Astronomical
of Ne Military Cc Possibly Astronomical
SERPEEEEG. Tr ——— RR EAE
7. LENGTH OF C33ERYVATION "3 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE A RL a
{ : ¢ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2.3 sec ona not glven DO Unknown
eal oT eee ee Ee EEE Be arr
10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
[argze white flame and thundering noises After cC nsideration and investigation,
reported E TO 58, Mica Peak, washington. it was believed that object of this
sighting was a meteor, by the reporting
organization.
veer ET
ATIC PORM 329 (R2V ~§ JEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989111

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-09-01