DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6962677
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1959
REPORTED LOCATIONOVer Plainville Kansas
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OQ Was Balloon
19 Oct 59 | Over Plainville, Kansas |S probes? peace
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Messiny Saleen
Local SS O Ground. Vi sucl O Ground-Rador S Pobaniy Aicaral)
cmt ze / 0325 032 Z ¥ an Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar CG Possibly Aircraft
C Yos © Probably Seconient
Ho | Military _ = OC Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |9. COURSE 10 Orher_UNIDENTIFIEN
1. 20 sees [XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2. 30 secs = _ OU. % Ethen S = —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

pright light, like a star size of Venus,
approaching head on, ywllowish white. Light
aded wnen evasive action was taken. Light
eappeared & disappeared heading South.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $7)

info is not sufficient to allow
a definite conclusion. Sighting remain:
unidentified. Cause could have been
two meteors, lights fm anothér a/c,
| or even the reflection of ground ligzh3

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

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OF VINUS APPROACHING HEADON

(2) SIZE OF A PEA STAR GAINED IN SIZE AS APPROACHED

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INCOMING

AF IN : 21222 (21 Oct 59)

PAGE TWO RJWFAM 291
AGAIN AND DISAPPEARED OVER HORIZON

3(¢1) THE APPEARENCE OF LIGHT AND NO STARS OR LIGHT AT THIS
ELEVATION

(2) BELOW THE HORIZON 5 DEGREES BELOW AIRCRAFT HORIZON

(3) AT THE SAME ELEVATION THEN CHANGED COURSE FURTHER TO THE
GEFT OF THE NOSE

(4) STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ON A HEADING OF 285 DEGREES AT FIRST
SIGHTING THEN 182 DEGREES

(5) FADED OUT

(6) 28 SECONDS FIRST SIGHTING 38 SECONDS SECOND SIGHTING
2¢1) AIRBORNE VISUAL

(2) NONE

(3) T-33, 53-5535, 42,000 FEET, 220 DEGREES ON J 19V 390 TAS
LOWRY | | |

DC 1) 22 OCT 85252

(2) NIGHT, MOON BEHIND

= GROUND SPEED 5352, 7 MINUTES EAST OF HILL CCTY VOR ONNJ 16V
FC1) NAA

BT ¢ 220.0 ABR res STATES AIR FORCE

“CADEMY, INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH,

RELIABCE.
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AF IN: 21222 (21 Oct 59)

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CEILING AND VISIBILITY UNLIMITED, WINDS 270 DEGR

095 FEET.

(1) NOT OBSERVED

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42 KNOTS

(2) 6,223 160/123; 10,000 188/103; 16090 250/183; 28,000 250/15;

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15 MILES
NONE
NONE
1.6 DEGREES CENTIGRADE PER 1,00 FEET
NONE
TURNED TO AVOID COLLISION COURSE
NONE
CAPTAIN, AIR OPERATIONS OFFICER, CAUSE UNKNOWN
NONE

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/UNCLAS/FROM: AFCIN-4Eng /O- 2/LKS —f—
YOUR MSG OS 91873, DTD 20 OCT 59, REPORTING THE SIGHTING OF AN UFO.

IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFO, REQ THE FOLLOWING INFO BE

FWD THIS CENTER: WAS THE SECOND LIGHT THE SAME ONE OBSERVED

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| PREVIOUSLY, OR WERE THEY TWO DIFFERENT LIGHTS? ON WHAT HEADING “.
DID THE FIRST OBJ DISAPPEAR? WHAT WAS THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH

| OF THE LIGHT EACH TIME IT WAS SIGSTED? WHEN EVASIVE ACTION WAS

i TAKEN, DID OBSERVERS EYES REMAIN ON THE LIGHT? IN WHAT DIRECTION,

ro TO WHAT EXTEN? WAS EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN?

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