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Case FileNARA NAID 28988920 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

SW of Nashua, MontanaSeptember 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 SW of Nashua, Montana in September 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 40.

Reported location

SW of Nashua, Montana

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MT / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
sy PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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BEL pO iL liashua, JOT ana, | 0 Wos Solloan |
| {0 Probably Salloon J
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DATETIME SR0UpP | {. TYPE OF OBSERVATION =» backend Theo
Lovela. iii i 9] Ground- Vi sya ja] Ground-Radn, (a Was Aircrafy |
¢ | [2 Probably Alrcrafy i
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mi — | 2 Air Visual [w] Air-Intarcant Radar a 03310ly Aircrafy
. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE 5 10 Was A stronomical |
OC Yas f KEYS $4 di 19 Probably A itronomical !
3 Ne { hd LOLY O Possibly A stronomi eal |
— BIE OF Ch teins) ——— —— Ee ————— ————————— Se — . LC ol re £39 + ws
+ LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 183 Other a rm teed, JR
| {0  Insufficiens Data fn, Evaluation |
-1 : | cae | escana ing f=] Unknown |
PETE MARY OF Stoned rae, as MENTE: RE EE Is amare |
+ =HIEF SUMMARY OF HIGHTING [11. COMMENTS |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988920

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