Vicinity Champagne, Yukon, Canada, May 1960May 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 Vicinity Champagne, Yukon, Canada, May 1960 in May 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 38.

Reported location

Vicinity Champagne, Yukon, Canada, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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/ CIVILIAN PILOTS _ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD SE Crile |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
' o | 0 Was Ball |
| 29 May 60 | Vicinity Champagne, Yukon,Canada (© Probably Belleon | |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION =: THO Seon |
| Local O Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 8 ro OR |
: GMT 29/ 24002 OX Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS / . SO o re ae ow
[a] | 0 ' |
ha Civilian =] Possibly Astronomisel |
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE RPE a
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| not given one not given |O Unknown |
| [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 1). COMMENTS |
Object aprox 50 ft in diameter with two flat | Due to very limited information, an
sides. Estimated to be 10 to 15,000 ft high. analysis cannot be made. Request for
Object was tumbling. additional information answered with
i statement that pilots reporting sighting
| : could no longer be located.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
4 -
| Rts [] 4 pa
- SB A BABA SR Gres b SR y Wien he a % 3 ; i

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987055

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-05-01