PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7814807

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONHawthorne New Jersey

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloen
8 July 1960 Hawthorne, New Jersey 00 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balleon
Locel 2016 XGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
o Probably Aireraft
GMT09/0116Z AirVisual Air-Intereept Radar o Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE XOX Was Astronamical Meteon
aYes Yes D Probably Astronomical
XCX No Civilian D Passibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSEI ATION 8. . NUMBER NUMBER OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation Evaluation
5-7 seconds Unkno wn
5-7 seconds one NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Blob of white light traveling across Blob of white light traveling across Speed, duration, and description
sky to NW. Sky to NW. Size Size of quarter . Moved quarter . Moved indicate meteor obse meteor obser vation.
through l/6th of sky in 5-7 seconds. through l/6th of sky in 5-7 seconds.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)

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e teok to be o shry to the ororox-
travelod across fl-inr saucer as it
it dissarpeared approximatelly 5-7seconds after ve first
at opproximatelly 25,o0o ft. using a cirrus cloud as a
guide.
"e would likg to lmow if thore wore any
or cormercial nlanes flying over this area at 8
July Sth,1960 .H.
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norsosary information.
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SAFOI-3a/Lt Co1 Tacker/mhb/72291
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26 July 1960
Dear
This is to ecknowledge your letter or 8 Jyly regarding the
sighting of an friends.
Your letter contains insufficient information for a vaiid
conclusion. Therefore, request you and your iriends complete the
attached Air Force Questionnaires in regard to tie sighting and
forward the completed peper to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence
Center, ght-Pettersor Air Force Base, Chio.
Inclosure Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Lt. Colonel, USAF 2
Public Information Division
Cfrice Cffice of Information of Information
Hawtherne, New Jersey
Comeback 0I-3d
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