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Case FileNARA NAID 28986233 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Monroe, WisconsinMarch 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 Monroe, Wisconsin in March 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 37.

Reported location

Monroe, Wisconsin

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

WI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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CET PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION i CONCLUSIONS
3 ARE Ea MISES ep 0 Was Balloon
; 20 Are, L200 GON, WLICONSIN in Probahly Balloon
i eT TE 2085 30!
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION FlaBas Rip Bulioon
Nas 0 H
ic Leora wis malt otal ing dato wis SL AP Ground-Visun) 0 Cround-Roday 0 Was Abrcrate <
<a i CQ Probably Aircraft
OF NW 507 Yossi ire §
EAA = Fe 1/0 a 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercep?! Rador 0 Possibly Airerait
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE ao “lo Wes Astronomical
: 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
id No Civilian : 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE WER they Oia ding iol he
3 : 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 minutes Una S then SF [Rigliokaown
: 10, BRIEF SUMHARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ho Round bright object like a bright star, flew It 1s possible that the object was a
straight south until overhead then turned ball oon released from Madison (north
: ag rarest SEE San a ooo y 1 : : 9. ¢
wih and fig i {370 B80 ) D | VIPS Ol vtonroa apouy ‘an nour earl LCs ANE }
; winds woula carry the ball oon over
K the observers location at the time of
3 sighting. Lhe object coulu also have
been a slow moving a/c ligh t, however
there were no known a/c in the area
at the time of the sighting. Therefore
hs ; it ‘1s assumed to be a balloon,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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FE a 0 ii PORTA ERR Dt ae i 3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986233

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