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Case FileNARA NAID 28986508 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Saratoga Springs, New YorkApril 1960

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Saratoga Springs, New York in April 1960. The full case file (4 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

Saratoga Springs, New York

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS 4
; EP Dmwvey fo Aen Qa t NTS Me YVerl 0 Was Balloon :
12 ATT £0 No 5 Af 3 XH SESE w DX LIES, bigw I0orK 0 Probably Ball son |
ti rt te ii oti el iene | Posxibly Ballo
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION il tis
. \ 1 Was Aircraft
5 4 nde Vi =z 0 Cr Rad :
Local TE 13 Ground-Visual Cround-Radar 0 Probably Alrerolt
C1 atyannn yf AE ; x doasibly Aiveral
GMT... 3303202 Apr 60 _ i 8 AirVizual 0 Air-intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
TT Ee a AN LN RF EY a a ET FE AE NO ES BE EE We EM Ep as ta i
3S. PHOTGS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical ;
2 Yes Shin 3 Probably Astronomical
(VNo Militexy 3 Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF CBJECTS | 9» COURSE BE NIN ic ibis dora
- (1 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation §
3 he BY oo Bhat JE vy } :
2B 1/23 min one SE 0  Uniknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY 27 SICHTING 1, COMMENTS ]
Round, yellow object, lexrger than a star, Due to lack of corroborating witness
had bright,steady glow. Continued steady this report classified as insufficient
arc below tres line. Gata, Ueneral description, spsed ang
ph observation. Due to delay in receint of :
Peer no aircraft inforrmatisn was ;
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2% 22P 52) eo
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986508

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