PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6968922

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONAtlantic Ocean 53 05N 22 15W

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
February, 1960 Atlantic Ucean (53-05% » 22-15 vv) O Was Bolloon
1 wt lida O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF GSSERVATION i) Pesel bly: palteon
Local 4 O Ground-Vi sual O Grovnd-Rodor o Pebeue Atscealt
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onl 22034 “ey Air Visual D Air-|Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical 9° LEOF
0D Yes Peay ee QO Probably Astronomicol
4 ULVilian O Possibly Astronomical
Q No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION & NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE 0 Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1? seconds Une Generally SW O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| White Light with lone tail, 3~l times the Description generally conforms to the
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20 deg above the horizon. Main object faced responsible for this revort.

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