Vicinity Taiwan, August 1960August 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 Vicinity Taiwan, August 1960 in August 1960. The full case file (4 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 39.

Reported location

Vicinity Taiwan, August 1960

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

BE DATE ~ 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 29 Aug 60 Vicinity Taiwan QO Wos Bolloon
1 0. a Se QO Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Vey me
1 Local x OD Was Aicraft
E ~ 112 187, " Or euiars dba Q Probably Aircrof?
b OM T canning m} AirYisvol (®] Alr-intercen? Rodor 0 Possibly Aireroit
1 hb « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
EF a Yes & 0 Probably Astronomical
BD ES IN rs. ARNE O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other 2C20 2.
: 0 insufficient Deote for Evaluation
4 3 BRIEE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Round, white object, size of pinhead, bright Tha object of this report is considered
4 : a planet. Disappearsd over horizon. to be Echo I.
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| iH ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988603

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-08-01