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Case FileNARA NAID 28986240 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Vicinity Hawaiian Islands, March 1960March 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 Hawaiian Islands, March 1960 in March 1960. The full case file (2 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 Hawaiian Islands, March 1960

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 Mar 60

2. LOCATION
Vicinity Hawaiian Islands

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 2315 06302

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checked] Ground-Visual
[checked] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bright green light descending in arc at the rate of a burning flare. Appeared to hit ocean.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[checked] Probably Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Description given is similar to a type of meteor called a fireball.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986240

Connected across the archive

Organizations

HAWAIIAN AIRDEF DIVMilitaryPAGAF INTELLIGENCE

Places

oceanVicinity Hawaiian Islands

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19601960-03-0122 Mar 602315 063022 Mar 60

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