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Case FileNARA NAID 28987589 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Mather AFB, CaliforniaJuly 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 Mather AFB, California in July 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

Mather AFB, California

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Lt Col. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
1 Jul 60 Mather AFB, California |G Wes Balloon |
O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BL Ney to, |
0. Wos Aircraft |
BIE cision X Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar =
: Ak: Probably Aircroft
INS cu Ss i
CMT 04012 (m] Fo ah pad O Air-Intercept Radar 3° Possibly Aireraft : |
. | 5. PHOTOS SO UF -- Tes
a t i |
hcg Military O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE &X Other Reflection .v ff:
5 a Dota for Evaluation
5 min one SW ant
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
lashing object with nc definite body except it | Witnesses probably saw the sun reflecting
eemed tc have a fuselage. When viewed thru off an a/c.
binoculars it appeared to have an 8 to 12 petal
shape. These petals formed by very bright rays
pf light. Color when flashing was white. Object
ravelied at a very high rate of speed and
iisappeared over a neighbor's house, |
$ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) : ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987589

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