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Case FileNARA NAID 28989151 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Tyndal AFB, FloridaSeptember 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 Tyndal AFB, Florida 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

Tyndal AFB, Florida

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

FL / US

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
: l Cute PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
EE Sgt
E Y. DATE P LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i oa ee, Svndal AFR. Floridrs 0 Was Balloon
lO ep 60 yodal AMD, riori 13 n Probably Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|8 Possibly Bolloon
] , . : 0 Was Aircraft
Local PY 1 Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
CMT... 1 2/ Cid 0 Air-Visuel 0 Air-Intarcapt Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yos | LU Probably Astronomical
0 No Milltary 0 Possibly Astronomical
er — ee ———— me ee mee oho T
7. LENGTH CF O33ZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD Other. 280 & = =
[ 0 Insufficisant Dato for Evaluation
] 10-12 min one SW-NE a) Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [n COMMENTS
#lliptical shaped object, size of grapefruit, | Description and duration of object con-
color similar to a ster but brighter. Object rn with observation of satellite Echol.
pi; | nae s > - .“ »
: was traveling on a steady course and was very) Disappearance accounted for by object
bright. No trail. passing icto earth's shadow. lio space-
| rack information available, However therg
| is sufficient data to indicate satellite
| sighting.
A RE EE TT HRN ih Ln Sh ev ESAs GP ADE REAR
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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