PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7813548

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONGreenville AFB Mississippi

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Jun 60 Greenville AFB, Mississippi o Was Balloon
100 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 18/0328z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar PossiblyAircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Military CX Probably AstronomicalMeteor
O No 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not given one W Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1I. COMMENTS
Very large yellow ball with broken tail which Description is typical of a meteor.
had a green fringe, turning to bright yellow-
white as it approached he horizon where it
burned out.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP S2) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52)
HA0S18OAIEHTIG35
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5480 20 JUN 60
ROUTINE 32 CO JUN 20 22 41
FM COMDR 3505 PLT THGWG GREENVILLE AFB MISS 2 JUN 60
TO COFS USAF WASHDC 1
WPAFB OHIO 41E= 0.10
u+2a I NOLATU
LG HANSCOM FLD MASS
BT 0)
OO03F. KQ USAF FOR AFCIN-1B I; WPAFB ATIC
FOR AFCIN-4A: LG HANSCOM FLD FOR PROJECTS SPACE TRACK. MOONDUST. MILSIOIH OHVOETS BHE A4
REFERENCE HQ USAF CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE AFCIN-1B 1 60920, CITE
A-2511. AT D328Z 18 JUNE 60 T/SGT ROY H WUBKER RPT WUBKEE TOWER A-2511. AT D328Z 18 JUNE 60 T/SGT ROY H WUBKER RPT WUBKEE TOWER
s-sbo teoi s-sbo tor
- TOWER TRAVELING EAST TO
WEST DESCENDING AT APPROXIMATELY A 075 DEGREE ANGLE. OBJECT WAS WEST DESCENDING AT APPROXIMATELY A 075 DEGREE ANGLE. OBJECT WAS
VERY LARGE YELLOW BALL. TAIL HAD GREEN FRINGE AND WAS BROKEN INITIALLY
TURNING TO BRIGHT YELLOW-WHITE AS IT APPROACHED THE HORIZON WHERE TURNING TO BRIGHT YELLOW-WHITE AS IT APPROACHED THE HORIZON WHERE
ERENCE
FROM THE MANY METEORS ET CETERA THAT HE HAS SEEN
BT U MAOTMEGG
20/2222Z JUN Classification Cancelled
Auth (or changed toaucies)
RVALS By huctagiKal D
Dat/122/a69 NOUYA
AFR 205-1 8.a21>a
3Jon68
UNCLASSIFIED
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