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Case FileNARA NAID 28988623 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Pontiac, MichiganAugust 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 Pontiac, Michigan in August 1960. The full case file (3 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

Pontiac, Michigan

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 29 Aug 60
2. LOCATION: Pontiac, Michigan
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, [Checked] Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 30/00052
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes, [Checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not known
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: [Blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Bright rapidly moving object traveling S-N, reversing several times.

11. COMMENTS: A valid conclusion as to the nature of this sighting cannot be made due to lack of information.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988623

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