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Case FileNARA NAID 28986927 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Jaffrey Center, New HampshireMay 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 Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire in May 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 38.

Reported location

Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

NH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Was Boll
20 May 60 Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire i Erobety Balen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dis Boi
Local Sot, SEC 0 Ground-Visuel O Ground-Radar 5 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
GMT 200502Z May 60 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar @ Vewnwy Nrerels
5S. PHOTOS id « SOURCE - so Regt ;
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hig Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE II sciiinsimiiiiiinmpmnsnsisinmon.
# Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 min _ one SW 0 Unknown - :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS he |
Very bright and deep gold, about 3 times as It 1s believed that the object of this |
large as a planet, size similar to the sun sighting was probably a reflection,
seen high through thick clouds, clear-cut however there is not sufficient data to |
| circle or disc. Motion was plainly visible as | support this claim. If the object had
| it crossed a window aprox 5 ft x 3 ft high been a balloon it probably would not hav:
| diagonally from top to bottom. Appeared E of crossed the ares covered by the window: :
| | S, high in sky. Disappeared W of S, low in so quickly and an a/c would probably hav |
sky, seemed to be descending. crossed much faster. This case contains : |
insufficient data to reach a conclusion. | .
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