DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6970661
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1960
REPORTED LOCATIONLeibnitz Austria
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DATE
March, 1950
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD —
2. LOCATION
LeLonitz, Austri
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12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION “4 GD .Peasitty Belleon
Local 61.30 | 43 Ground. Vi sue! 0D Grovnd-Rodor e Rrcbouis Atrceétt
_._ GMT... eer oe 0 Air Visuol 0 Alr-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
BONS alg Sie es | 6. SOURCE a O Was Astronomicol
Yes SOL Neceived 0D Probably Astronomicol
OD No Cevilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
J. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~—~—~«| @. - NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D,. Other ' ,
| OO insufficient Data for Evaluation
16) seconds Une Nob fiven O Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ci 11. COMMENTS
A white glowing object that Looked like a No analysis made of negative. Withsut |
spider hovered over a wooded area at about which no evaluation cun be: made. It is
4S feet in the air for about 10 seconds, Heat possible that the witness Saw 4
could be felt coming from the object. It move waather balloon that had developed 4
- OFf and disapperred after a few seconds, and leak and was being carried along by
a noise simular to jet a/c could be heard. surface winds. ‘dhe witness probably ma
Vicbure taven by 4 newspaper photographer. up most of the story in order to creavi
Negatives not received et ATIC. sensationalism, which in turn sells
more newspanerse the oicture is not ver
clear and as svch precludes a valid
coneluston as to the niture of tn] Gb
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QUOTEe VIENNA-- THE VIENNA NEWSPAPER WIENER MONTAG TODAY PUBLISHED A
FULL FRONT-PAGE PICTURE OF A WHITE-GLOWING OBJECT AGAINST A DARK
BACKGROUND AND IDENTIFIED IT AS A REAL FLYING SAUCER-- THE MOST
SENSATIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR CENTURY.
THE NEWSPAPER SAID gpg ss, urs puotosraevern ry
THE STYRZA PROVINCE, TOOK THE PICTURE LAST WEDNE DAY.
[T QUOTED SMB AS SAYING THE OBJECT HOVERED FOR ABOUT 10 SECO
OVER A WOODED AREA ABOUT 45 FEET IN THE AIR.» HE SAID HE COl
HEAT FROM IT.
" IT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE-GLOWING SPIDER,” qq sac
"y Ii@MEDIATELYTOOK MY CAMERA AND MADE A FEW SHOTS. FORTUNA’
ENOUGH OF THEM WERE GOOD.
THE FLYING SAUCER DISAPPEARED AFTER A FEW SECONDS
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AUSTRIAN UFO —Unidentified fly-
ing object was photographed by a news
cameraman in Leibnitz, Austria, in
Marcn. C. W. Fitch, UFO investigator
Cleveland received this photo direct
from “Montag” Vienna newspaper
which printed it. The photographer
said he saw a shining light far ahead
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as he'rode a motorcycle through the
countryside at la .m. He thought it was
a falling star. But it remained motion-
less over the road. He felt heat from it
as he snapped the picture from a dis-
tance of 50 feet. After six to seven sec~
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. ON March 3g naer Vienna, tustria nevepaper
<< of she Wioner Montag paper
whotographned a glowing tound device, that hovered +5 feet off the
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{vound for over 10 Seconds, He surysered ourns however due to the
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Austria suceeded in photographing a "Round Glowing Device" 45 foot off the
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ground, though no suffered burns on his ffaco and hands fron the closo
Encounter e aman a reporter for "WIENER MONTAG", took tho photos near
Labuttendorf?, Austria.
On March 2 in Vienna, Austria a "saucer-snaped object hovering 5 feet
above the ground was photographed by nowspaper photographer Qyyy
eae the ‘tiiener Montag newspaper,
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, On March 2 near Vienna, Austria a newspaper
photogrepher cee ee ee of the Wiener Montag newspepor
photographed a glowing round device, that hovered 45 feet off
the ground for over 10 seconds, He suffered burns hovever due to
the close approach of the saucer-shaped object.
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“nls photograph was taken on
crch 2, 1900, >y SRAAmnaam >.
in .Avetria. The photogracner
aid he saw a shining light a-
-sad as he rode his motorcycle
thru the countryside atl a.m.
1t first. re. thought it ‘was 2
-alling star. But as it remain-
i notionless, he felt ite heat.
ia snapped the picture from a.
stance of 50 feet... After Gor
seconds, it. fdew orf,
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