PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6970919

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONNome Alaska

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1. DATE c 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
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9. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
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Hound, firey oranve-red object, anpearing the object was probably a lergce metco:
as blue flash and exploding into two pieces| of the "bolide" type,
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this oosect . fa Gig confirsa ye fact to the oress taat Lis
unidentizied object waa rerorted to us and that wa Rave ror
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