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Case FileNARA NAID 28989637 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Tonawanda, New YorkOctober 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 Tonawanda, New York in October 1960. The full case file (6 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

Tonawanda, New York

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1 1. DATE i LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 10 October, 1960 Pi bitrate Mend ~Viqd 0 Vos Bolloon
vciecoar, L500 ionawandaa, now Lor 3 Probobly Bolison
p ee EE EER RR ERE OR EE RRR RI REE ERR RT EE—=, all Rall
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF QISERVATION A Btsimion ed fy roisbeacn
-- Vas A
3 TT Re Le RE SR RE I pe i> Ground-VYisual 2 Ground-Rodar ps) a has Afyeroft -
; TST In Pr Probobly Aircraft
GMT =~ LU A : O Air-Vizuol 0 Airelntarzapt Radar OU" Possibly Airerolt Metco:
TT TT TT mr TT TT er eee ee Ae Leor
5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE Pr Was Astronomical
1 OC Yes +0" Probobly Astranomiczol
XB No | __ Civilian Bo da Canney
4 7. LENGTH OF CASERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bo Ohhers ae
; J Insufiiciant Dota for Cvaluation
Eo 50 Seconds three Ni ai dma
3 10. BRIZE SUMMARY OF SICATING [i COMMENTS
3 3 mound objects, size of .a.dime at arm's length Witnes ATA Te a as :
1 Hr 1 was wHite 'N¥s 2 and 3 Were red and oh RX: a probably observed the meteor
li "ee 3 . . 5 “a Tt anc Rel +hao 5 B.C ~ me 17,
3 "2 and 3 were in formation going about 500 and then the 2 F-89's, The aurora
: St Re RETR AER ww 14oht reflected Pram ha h 5
mph. Weather balloon was launched at 0001Z, Or Lig, reilected irom the balloon
] ~ Aurora in area. 2 F-856's from ANG were in could possibly have initiated the
bE Sa ci i 4 5 gst sichting howatar +hatr wenrila ars
area and reported a meteor, SL Llgy HUWEISD UIASYy Would nave
4 £ been observer for a greater duratior
than the 30 seconds reported as the
1 total observation tine,
E ATIC PORM 320 (RY 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989637

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