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Case FileNARA NAID 28990627 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

Sutton, AlaskaDecember 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 Sutton, Alaska in December 1960. The full case file (5 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

Sutton, Alaska

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

AK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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Eo 7 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 \. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 17 Dac 60 : Sutton, Alaska Probebly Belleen
J 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 2 Possibly Balloon
] . 0 Was Aircraft
Ego HB Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Airerafr
¥ aay Jurong 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i O Yes kaa { 3 Probably Astronomical
T No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other obutnik IV
3 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3-4 nin one Wof N to E 0 Unknown
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
| = Tellow glecwing object, round with no tail or Sputnik IV.
I 4 sound noving slightly W of I observed in
straight flight path to E. Observation from
4 50° above horizon to 60° above horizon.
| Sighting frem College Alaska of Sputnik IV
] going due Z at 1T730A.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 8EP 52)
3 : ¢
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990627

Connected across the archive

Places

AlaskaSutton, AK

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19601960-12-01

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