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Case FileNARA NAID 28986128 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

SSW Of Evansville, IndianaMarch 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 SSW Of Evansville, Indiana in March 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 37.

Reported location

SSW Of Evansville, Indiana

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3 EASTERN AIRLINES PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
L. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
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6 Mareh, 1960 SEW of Evansville PE 0 Was Bolloon
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3. DATE-TIMEZ GROUP 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION LER BEGaon
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01 Probably Aircraf?
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5. PHOTOS .50URCE RSC Ee a
OYes I) Probobly Astronomical
“TF Ne Civilian : 3 Possibly Astronomical
: ¥. LENGTH GF. OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE He Jie |} 11 EE EER CE SE
413 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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j 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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sky was reportedly observed. bight flarad un concerning an alleged sight ing. lhere
ind disappeared guickly. ho direction or sneec 18 the nossibility that the witness,
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WCE given. “Yolizct seamed stationary. witness ed Sas dow WNC Sal. & Very high meteqr,
was in an afc heading NE, Kuestionairres ware sent to LAL for
comnletion bv tho pilot who was reported
to have observed the object. Forms wer:
returned, blank, with the stztement
. that the pilots in the vicinity of
Lvaasville on this night dif not report
: Sighting a Uv. Therefore, there is
not sufficient information to conelude
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 36 52P 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986128

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