Orleans, France, April 1960April 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 Orleans, France, April 1960 in April 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

Orleans, France, April 1960

Date of incident

April 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

. : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : | |
J tiny GRAN el. drs !
I. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
: O Was Balloon
22 Apr 60 Orleans, Franca O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO. Possibly Balloon |
Local W Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor a 2 Re rf 4
GMT 13157 0 AirVisal O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ot » SOURCE 8 RL Se : i” |
® roba stronomic
B “Hi Military a] Possibly Astronomical WHe0 |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE UOT itis gions |
0 (Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
2 sec ome | Descending 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING \ 11. COMMENTS :
White ball of light with a flame trailing, Probably a meteor. |
size of the head of a thumbtack..
ATIC p— 329 (RRV 26 BRP 82) :
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fi. BE CI REE SRE LEE CAS SARE elm SR fp f

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986687

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-04-01