Thule AB, Greenland, November 1960November 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Thule AB, Greenland, November 1960 in November 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

Thule AB, Greenland, November 1960

Date of incident

November 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. coNcLUSoNS |
: 1 Was Balloon
6 Novembar 1960 Thule AB. Greenland bX Frobably Balloon |
ee ae in atmtev attest cvs 1 AAS ART SAA pg Aad Nr lf ARID IRN on coment sete te Possibl 4
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
Loco! oy © 20 GMT LE SC Hl EKGround-Visuol 0 Ground-Redar i Nos Alrerert
ap 01 Probably Aircraft
sa /1 [ q ceeihlv Atlrr H
By 1 Air Vizuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1 Was Astronamical
Q Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
go et Sil 1 Civi lian : ; 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O35ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF 0BJECTS | 9. COURSE BE Oe
3 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
> : 1 Unknown
OS minates one varied
16. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING YI. COMMENTS
Orange and yellow object sighted at Possibility of rawinsonds balloon
200 égr azimuth w/fairly high eleva- was considered by the reporting
tion moving on a heading of 20 dgr. officer. Object confirmed in aves
Object traveled in straight line but Suns rays possibly on ballecon at
sloved down & stopped 2 spoeedad up, 40,000 ft, Probably balloon sight-
Would also move at 90 dgr angles, ing.
Disappzarod at 45 dgr elevaiion,
Intensity of light did not change. Ho
sound, Visibility 10 miles. .9 cloud
cover, Multiple witnesses w/reliability
assessed as good, Balloon releassad at |
1100% & would have been at 40,000 ft, |
. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
LJ

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990028

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-11-01