Moron AB, Spain, July 1960July 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 Moron AB, Spain, July 1960 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

Moron AB, Spain, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3
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1 Jul 60 Moron AB, Spain 0 Probably Balloon J
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3. TUN Boma .
TOT (ROO TRU EFORCE SE 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador 5 Probably Aircraft
GMT 01703012 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes B Probably Astronomical Meteor
No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other — eee
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4-5 sec one SE stain |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I COMMENTS
; ount chject tear 4rop shaped, size of nickle at | Possibility of satellite decey checked
arms length, ice blue tail 7-0 times size of | negative. Gamme III, 1960 was the only
dbject. Intense light which 1it up surrounding reentry for July... Prebsbly a. meledr.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987519

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-07-01