PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7813094

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONNWof Azores Islands

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 Jun 60 NW of Azores Islands Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 04/2238z XAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Passibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably AstronomicolMeteor
C No Military PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. 4-5 5 sec W Unknown
one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Projectire shaped object, speed above mach Description is very similar to a meteor.
one. Object disappeared trailed by green-gold
white flame which was larger than object. No
radar contact. Appeared to be in level flight.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV ATIC FORM 329 26 SEP 52)
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Date 5JUNE *
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ALFA X CIRVIS X BRAVO X LAT 4-12N LONG 34-22W VISUAL SIGHTING X
ABOVE MACH ONE ALT 10-15THOUS FT X DISTANCE 2 MILES OBJECT MOVED C 42152534604629
FROM 1 OCLOCK TO 4 OCLOCK POSIT FROM A/C THEN DISAPPEARED X TRAILED
BY GREEN-GOLD WHITE FLAME WHICH WAS LARGER THAN OBJECT X DELTA X METNIRE
ALT 5000 FT COURSE 110T SPEED 200K X SIGHTING TIME D42238Z BOTH C
305 8901
CLEAR X ORIG REPORT TO COMBARLANT X FOXTROT X PILOT HS NOON CDR U.

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