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Case FileNARA NAID 28985831 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

McHenry, North DakotaFebruary 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 McHenry, North Dakota in February 1960. The full case file (6 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 37.

Reported location

McHenry, North Dakota

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

ND / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
“7% February g McHenry, North Dakota 3 Was Balloon ¢
7 a et ruary, 1 260 J i 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO. Possibly Bolloon
: i ; 0. Vos Aircraft :
Local —— BGround-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar {3 Probably Aircraft
i CMPOLO3eOn © 0 0 Air VYisudl 0 Air-intarcept Rodar 1 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 3 Probably Astronomicol
| ‘5 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OB3ZRVATICN 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9- COURSE i ENCORE pk fas Ta EN Bat
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 3 & CEA AR QO Unknown
p onz minute una wot Given
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 11. COMMENTS
k dlue-like object with blue flame trailing, it is concluded that the object of
“Looked like a roman candle travelling this sighting was prcbably a jet
: straight zcross the sky. type A/C.
& ATIC FORM 320 (REV 26 3ZP §2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985831

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