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Case FileNARA NAID 28988752 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Vicinity Taiwan, September 1960September 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 Taiwan, September 1960 in September 1960. The full case file (3 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

Vicinity Taiwan, September 1960

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
USS BOYD                          PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                    3. LOCATION                           12. CONCLUSIONS
   3 Sep 60                Vicinity Taiwan                        [] Was Balloon
                                                                   [] Probably Balloon
2. DATE-TIME GROUP       4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION                  [] Possibly Balloon
   Local ___              [X] Ground-Visual                       [] Was Aircraft
   GMT ___03/1124Z        [] Ground-Radar                         [] Probably Aircraft
                          [] Air-Visual        [] Air-Intercept Radar [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                                                         [] Was Astronomical
   [] Yes                 6. SOURCE                               [] Probably Astronomical
   [X] No                    Military                             [] Possibly
                                                                  [X] Other __Soho I__
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE          [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   11 min                    One               SSB              [] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING              11. COMMENTS
    Round, white object, size of pinhead, bright as  The description, flight path and duration
    a planet. Had straight flight path. Disappeared  are characteristic of the satellite Soho I.
    in low clouds.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988752

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People

CAPT B.U. SMITHCDR H.C. ETHNER

Organizations

AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADOAIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFE OHIOSECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS WASH D CUSAF AFGCIN WASH D CUSS BOYDUS TAIWAN JOC

Places

Vicinity Taiwan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

0343Z SEP19601960-09-013 Sep 60

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