Thule AB, Greenland, October 1960October 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 Thule AB, Greenland, October 1960 in October 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, October 1960

Date of incident

October 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

4
4
¥
b
be
%
¥
E
$
Eb
4
5
I
I
or p> E Err FEAT
i ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE & LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; ’ |
: OC C : 2 : : ! LE J ) J rreenlt nd 0 Vas BDolloon
gd 2 1 Probobly Balloon
ee eee eee eee eee eee) Possibly Balloon
I. DATE-TIME GROLP * TYPE OF UASERYATION y
'§, 5 Ui . A | Aiveraf?
BBY le eed i snp inti {1 Cround- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor a Wii bs :
| 23 L 1 Probably Aircreotr
3 { 1 ~~ ~- QFES LY) " e st Ae
Tg eben Meas Ctr BTN RAHA SS HAI ASE | 0 AleVisvel O Air-lnimre apt Radar 0 ’ rssibly Avrcrort
5. PHOTOS 8. SUURCE 1 Was Astronomical
0 Yas 0 Probably Astronomical
4 IR Givilg- 1 0 Possibly Astronomienl
2 Na v- .
7. LEMOGTH OF CA53ZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF O3JECTS | 9. COURSE toy I a |
{LT Insufficient Dota for Eveluation |
| = v Leavy, + hn 1 ve 3 (8) Unknown
J did ALTO VINE LTA VLC
: 10, BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING ibe COMMENTS
| Unknown shaped ol ject observed as orange in | Object was observ in the northgesth,
color, Sigited at 200 dez az and 20 deg elevation There was a visibilif E40 101 4)
moval 4) aeg glevaviaon, azlmoll not given, LLEOC Snow with ,Y cloud cove i |
Object would move in a straight line and azimuth of disapoearance was no A
SLOW ywrl and speed up. Also moved at ricsht A balloon was launched at 11007 it i
angles back and forth, Light intensity did pos 1ble that this ballocn nained in kh
. . » . TT 5 H . 3 pa. 2 9 > 1 I ~ 1
<5 cause o 1 } SLED AI 11 21 no
| conclusion to the sighting. |
| |
AA EL MF aL ATA A SAS OO Re EE 0h SUA DAP SALE SONAL Ak Ie ALLL Lo HU SEGUNDA CIEE HRD CA si ULB SHE] Om EAE SME EOC SHI SPIEL IRE SRN RE Re
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
’

/ 5

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989595

Connected across the archive

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-10-01