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Case FileNARA NAID 28985619 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Seattle, WashingtonJanuary 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 Seattle, Washington in January 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 37.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

January 1960

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
3 Jan 1960

2. LOCATION
Seattle, Washington

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other: [illegible]
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: [illegible]
GMT: 0362Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3-4 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular, reddish-orange object with a bright center surrounded by hazy circle. Hovered for 3-4 minutes in western sky then spread out and disappeared.

11. COMMENTS
Object was probably a reflection from a fog bank or passing cloud.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985619

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