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Case FileNARA NAID 28989304 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Thule AB, Greenland, September 1960September 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, September 1960 in September 1960. The full case file (3 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, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
MILITARY                                PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                           12. CONCLUSIONS
   25 Sep 60                         Thule AB, Greenland                  [X] Was Balloon
                                                                          [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION                [ ] Possibly Balloon
   Local  2353                      [X] Ground-Visual  [ ] Ground-Radar    [ ] Was Aircraft
   CMT  24/0333Z               [ ] Air-Visual  [ ] Air-Intercept Radar  [ ] Probably Aircraft
                                                                          [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE                             [ ] Was Astronomical
   [ ] Yes                         Military                             [ ] Probably Astronomical Meteor
   [X] No                                                               [ ] Possibly Astronomical
                                                                        [ ] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION       8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE        [ ] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
   5 sec                           one              W                   [ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                                    11. COMMENTS
    Bright comet-like object, estimated elevation             Limited duration is characteristic of
    less than 10 degrees. Appeared from the ESE and dis-      a meteor
    appeared into the W.

                                                               [illegible]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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