PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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EASTERN AIRLINES PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
March, 1960 SSW of Evansville, Indiana Was Bolloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. |4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION U Possibly Balioon Possibiy Balioon
Local Local- Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar Was Aicraft Was Aivcraft
060 000 Probably Aircraft
GMT02212 Ai-Visual Air-Intercept Rador Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probobly Astronomical
No No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE Other_ Other.. Evaluation
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for
One Unknown
Stationary
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING |11. 111. COMMENTS
A bright flaring light high in the southern There was There was y very little information repofte very little information reponte
sky was reportedly observed. bight flared up concerning an alleged sight ing. ihere concerning , an alleged sight ing. ihere
and disappeared quickly. No direction or speed is the oossibility that the witness,
was given. Vbject seemed stationary. Witness if there was one, saw a very high metedr.
was in an a/e heading NE. Questionairres were Sent to EAL for
comoletion by the pilot who was reported
to have observed the object, Forms werd
returned, blank, with the statement
that the pilots in the vicinity of
Eveosville on this night did not report
sighting a Uru. Therefore, there is
not sufficient information to conclude
the nature of the objacto-
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 76 3EP 52)

ATYU OFA AFCIN-4X2/Captain McNei11/59117
SUBJEGT: Extract from ATIC Duty Officers Report
7 March 1960
TO= AFCIN-4E2
Mar 60 for your information:
2245 Received telephone message from Capt B. F. Dula, ext 5ll07,
Military Flight Services, W W-P AFB. He stated that he had
received a report from St Louis ARTc regarding an unidentified
sighting by an Eastern Airlines Pilot. Details obtained are
as follows: as follows: EAL Flt 6403 (or possibly aircraft tail number).
Time of occurance: O224z 6 Mar 60. Time of occurance: O224z 6 Mar 60 Location: Aircraft NE Location: Aircraft NE
bound just ssw of bound just SSW of vansville, Indiana. ansville, Indiana. Pilot stated that he Pilot stated that he
saw a bright flaring light high in southern sky flaring light high in southern sky which flared which flared
up quickly and disappeared up quickly and disappeared quickly. No direction or speed quickly. o direction or speed
apparent. Appeare Appeare stationary. No further information stationary. No further information
obtained, not even obtained, not even pilot's name. In as much as so little data name. In as much as so little data
was obtained and report was third hand I elected not to use
Form l64. Captain Dula stated that he tried to get additional
information as to object size, etc. but was unsuccessful. No
further details available.
JOHN C MeNEILL
Captain, USAF
AFCIN-4X2

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A0001-152
12O Sighting
Radio Gity
Now York, New York
Rasturn Airllnes pllot was relayed to Aerospace Teohmical Tntelligencs
Conter tron St Louls Ao.
Is bhot thay vere The orey of Faotern Airlinos flght 6hog (or posuibly
siroraft tail ounber), and sireraft tail unbor), ond looation of Bhe sireraft os horthcast bound theast bound
Suh of Ivansvilla, Ind. SSh of Byansy La, Ind,
2. It is roguoated that if the orew of the above flight oan be identi- 2. It is roguoated t that if the orew of the above flight oan be identi-
fied fron the inforatien, tho attaehed forms bo gomplated by those ficd fron the indorsatien, tho attaened forns bo gomoleted by those
witneoses end rotwrned direotly witheoses end rotwrned direotly to Aerospase Tedhnical Insolligence
Genber, Undtod Ctaton Alr Ioroe Genber, Undted Dtatos Alr Ioroe (arcLlAla), Wright-Pattarson Air Force (arcLlAla), Wright-Patsarson Air Force
Basa, Ohlo, Basa, Ohlo.
Sincerely
:
HLLLIP G. IVAS a Atok:
Goloael, UBAF ArId Fns AlSh
Deputy for Solonoes akd Gompudanas

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EASTERN AIR LINES
INCORFORATED
HEMOER O THE NATIONALSATATN
MIAMI INTERNATIGNAL AIRPORT
MIAMI 4B. FLORIDA
April 25, 1960
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Colonel Philip G. Evans, USAF
Deputy for Sciences and Components
Air Technieal Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: UFO Sighting
REFERENCE: AFCIN-4E2
Dear Colonel Evans: Dear Colonel L Evans:
We r We regret our r deley in acknowledging your letter of March 15 but r delay in acknowledging your letter of March 15 but
we have been checking every way possible to determine whether one
of of our pilots reporte the unidentified flying object on March 7.
We do not have an airplane We do not have an airplane 6403 and we did not have a flight 6403 6403 and we did not have a flight 6403
on the date in question. All pilots in the vicinity of Evansville
- on April 7 have been questioned and all deny having made such a
report.
We are returning reference letter.
Yours sincerely,
esident - Operations
JHH:k
Enclosure
DACTCOAEC