N of Midway Island, August 1960August 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 N of Midway Island, August 1960 in August 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 39.

Reported location

N of Midway Island, August 1960

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

3 MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1 | i. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

2 5 7 ? 51and O Wos Bailoon

1 EE . LR paren

2 O Was Aiicraft

f Locai SA —————————— eo [| a OC Greund-Radar Q Probobly Airerafy

E : Guy. RE/iGEMZ = § NTS) svol O Air-intercept Rader O Possibly Aireral

i 3. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :

3 QO Yas kt O Probobly Astronemical

i 9 Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical

|| 7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 9. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE &f Othee2cBO LI .
i 3 Insufficient Dato for Evaluction
3 10 min one : NE 0 Unknown

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1 ro BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Pf | Cbject with brightness of first magnitude star,| Probably Echo I.

E | oz better, traveling from SW to NE.
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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988506

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-08-01