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Case FileNARA NAID 28989102 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

El Campo, TexasSeptember 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 El Campo, Texas 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

El Campo, Texas

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

TX / 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
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E IRANSTZKAS ALiLINSES PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION La CONCLUSIONS |
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; 10 Sep Vv El C23pP9, 12Xas 0 Woes Balloon
3 0 Probably Bolloon
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1. DATE-TIME GROUP © TYPE OF OBSERVATION fi Pony Bere
E PT REI 8] Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar a Wos Aircraft ¢
2 131 87, | Q Probably Aircra 1
Tf pA 17/0210 | oa Air Visual 03 Air-intercep! Raodor O Possibly Aircraft
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5. PHOTOS Pe SOURCE = Was Astronomical
0 Yes | vterd14n Og. Probobly Astronomical l2te0r
1 Ne Civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical
LSE rp
7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other ember
n= riven Ne Hap 0 Insuflicient Date for Evaluation
: nov gives | one fe
\ 0 Unknown
- Br ERG Le —————— ee ————— mR ————— PAR EMESIS BE es SR
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
jo shape; Just pright light. Vagnitude of a pescription of this object TiLs that of
right star. Traveled at a +remendous spee tha classic meteor. There is no information
Rrigat 1ligat in the pilot's ten o'clock posi- which indicates that object was I ht 8
ction, When sighted object was about 6000 ft. meteor.
~stimated aziauth 305° magnetic. yhen dis-
appeared object was about 600C ft in pilot's
12 o'clock position.
a) RR ea RTE CB a ———
ATIC FORM 319 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989102

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