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Case FileNARA NAID 28988265 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Nome, AlaskaAugust 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 Nome, Alaska in August 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 39.

Reported location

Nome, Alaska

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

AK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Er is 10

EE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
E I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

4 ; 19 Aus 60 Nome, Alaska O Wes Bolloon

4 9 Aug y O Probably Belloon

bi: EE ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— .

: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balleon

E O Was Aiicraft
2 Ed — B Sound: Visa O Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft

I GMT 20 084 o 0 AirVisvel O Air-Intercep? Rador O Possibly Aircraft

4 S. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Wos Astronomical

i QO Yes " 4 O Probably Astronomicol

3 OD No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

2 i fetta nd et aA ell

E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Q OthebOsSs Satellite

bE O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
¢ O Unknown

4 4 min one

4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS

i Rcund white object, red at base. brilliant, Additional reports from same area with

FE zize of a dime; hai straight flight rath. identical characteristics. Cbject appears
bE Dicappeared ovar horizon. Appeared azimuth in orbit. lic data availeble at this time
3 120, elevation 15; disappeared O04, elevation [to correlate with satellite track. Howeve
4 15. Repvort identical sighting 2 hrs later, report carried as possible satellite due
8 to orbital characterictics and multiple
reports from area.
L ATIC FORM 329 (RFV 26 SEP 82)

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