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Case FileNARA NAID 28989258 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Pensacola, FloridaSeptember 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 Pensacola, Florida in September 1960. The full case file (6 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 40.

Reported location

Pensacola, Florida

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

FL / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
AEE. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE a 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Pf 5
22 Sep 600 Pensacola, Florida 0 Woes Balloon
3 Q Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF CASERVATION @ Pessiniy Balloon
: 2030 \ % 0 Was Aiicroft
Local Ry age eg 2 Ground. Visual B Ground-Rodor 1 Probably Aircraft
ep pa f= = oV& &! D AirVisuol QO Air-Intarsap? Rador O Possibly Airerofr
5. PHOTOS CET SER AER Se ee OO Wos Astronomicol
C Tes Jose CP 0 Probably Astronomical
su | Liviiialn 0 Possibly Astronomical
I Ne i
7. LENGTH OF CASERYATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY EVI iii
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
30 min one NW DO Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 7 11. COMMENTS
Huge, oblozz, flourescent object. Very bright, Possible that object was a weather
beconing diz. Traveling slowly to NNW at very balloon. CLLSEVArE oF Sisne Tyre +f
high altitude. vdsectS oN TL WeCSsive NIGHTS
ATIC FORM 12% (RPV 25 BFP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989258

Connected across the archive

Places

FloridaPensacola, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19601960-09-01

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