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Case FileNARA NAID 28990283 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

S of Kyushu Island, Japan, November 1960November 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from S of Kyushu Island, Japan, November 1960 in November 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 41.

Reported location

S of Kyushu Island, Japan, November 1960

Date of incident

November 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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0OYes RETA 0 Probobly Astronomical
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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lo shape; size--equizalent +o North Star fn Duration suggests artifilcisl cabtellite.
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fourth magnitude star in color; no features; satellite, DRalloon vas launched alter :
seem2d to follow observers fli gat course, sighting vas wade; no know o/ ¢ in area.
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