Western Mediterranean 4111N 0600E, August 1960August 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 Western Mediterranean 4111N 0600E, 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

Western Mediterranean 4111N 0600E, 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

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4 USS DAVIS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 | I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 i] a T =~ N - ~N\™Y Qa Was Balloon
( ! 25 Aug 00 wastern Mediterranean 4111 0600E oO Probably Bolleon
E:: f O Was Aiicroft .
4 | EE 4 d Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Roder a Probably Aircraft
3 % © EC 05 ED 22447 PRETaton Q Air Visual O Air-Interenp? Rader 0 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomicol
3 QO Yes M3 3 0 Probably Astronomical
1 B Ne Military : 00 Possibly Astronomical |
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE ies |
i | 3 Insufficient Date for Pm wasen |
4 | 3 min one S then B 0 Unknown
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
£F | Chea 2 times as bright as lst magnitude star,| The object moved S then E, ruling out thej
fe oD pr & 0 : : -
| Tirst seen 060° at 80° elev, last seen 080°, possibility of its being a star or planet] °
| 10% elev, Tlight path was southerly followed and the duration rulad out a meteor. A
| : | 07 steady movement easterly. Viewed 3 min, description of the object, other than its
rE brizhtpness, was not reported. Due to the
1 area of sighting, an investigation would
| not ve practical. Due to the limited
BB information reported, a valid conclusion
I. cannot be made.
2 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988496

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-08-01