PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7811626

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONArgentina

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 April, 1960 Argentina 0 Was Balloon
00 Probebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Solloon
Local..2157 Local.2157 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor Wos Alcrolt Wos Alcroht
000 00 Probably Aircraft Probubly Aircraft
GMT. : C AlnVisual AlnVisual Air-Intereapt Rodor Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
ONo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Sputnik Dasay Other Soutnik Desay
000 000 Insufficlent Data for Evgluation Insufficient Data for Evgluation
Not uiven Not Viven One SW Unknown
SW
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS COMMENTS
Large orange object falling in southern sky Sputnik , decay this date. Possible
moving slower than a meteer and of a color that this the report. In view of.
that was diffenent. Sighted by the President the observers qualifications a meteor
of the Bahia Blanca Astrononical Center. The sighting would be ruled out.
witness believed that the sighting was nine
chances in ten a Satellite Decay.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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DE 6JEZNO 357
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AM HEDUSAF VASH DC =
INFO AJEDSO/ATIC WPAFB ONIO
BT % %
V/UNCLAS E F T O//USAF PASSES FOLG MSG PER REQUEST V/UNCLAS E F T O//USAF- PASSES FOLG MSG PER REQUEST
IF AFCIN TO ATIC FOR INFO QUOTE FROM BUENOSAIRES TO CSAF ZASH DO X F AFCIN TO ATIC FOR INFO QUOTE FROM BUENOSAIRES TO CSAF ZASH DO X to
THUE DTC OS1SADZ X THUE DTC OS19ADZ X
CITE SKI CITE SKI -
A-2511. NSSCC 4-35-5 ASSOCIATED PRESS
REPORTED
STATED
UOTE LARGE ORANGE OBJECT FELL TUESDAY 5 APRIL AT 2157 LOCAL :=
1
DETVEEN STARS K AND E OF CONSTELLATION ERIDENC. IT UAS SLOWER
THIAN METEOR AND DIFFERENT IN COLOR. ON READINC NEUSPAPER THE
FOLLOVING MORNING FELT CHANCES VERE NINE OUT OF TEN THIS WAS
SPUTNIK III UNOUOTE THERE ARE NO OTHER CORRCDORATING REPORTS. UNOUOTE
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