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Case FileNARA NAID 28988404 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Hachijo-Jima Island, August 1960August 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 Hachijo-Jima Island, August 1960 in August 1960. The full case file (3 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

Hachijo-Jima Island, August 1960

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
USN PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 21 Aug 60
2. LOCATION: Hachijo-Jima Island
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes with options for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other: Echo I, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible]
21/1214Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkboxes] Ground-Radar, Binoculars, Air Viewed, Air-Intercept Radar, Ground-Radar

5. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes [Checkbox] No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One

9. COURSE: NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: White, oblong object, size of matchhead. Had smooth curved trajectory. Disappeared in clouds.

11. COMMENTS: The flight path of the object, the description and duration is very similar to that of [remainder illegible]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988404

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