PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7817457

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONVerona Italy

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2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

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3. OATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO Possibly Bolloon
O Wes Aicroft
Locel Gf Ground. Vi sue! O Greund-Reder a Probebly Airereft
omt_28/19302 O Air Vi sve! © Alr-intercept Roeder |9 Possibly Aircraft
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1 Ne Civilian O Pessibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
CO insufficient Date fer Eveluction
8 sec one S-N O Unknown

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Flaming object, bright ~hite with bluish tail Sighting by many observers. Probably
S times as long as main object. Tail had blend | meteor.

of orange and red. Treversed 80° arc from S-N.

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FLAMING OBJECT GOING ACROSS THE SKY ABOUT 8% DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON
WITH DIRECTION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE CIRCULAR
AND VERY BRIGHT WHITE IN COLOR, WITH REAR AREA SHOWING BLUISH WHITE

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THAN MAIN BODY. TAIL WAS A BLEND OF ORANGE AND RED IN COLOR. OBJECT

APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING HORIZONTALLY AND WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 8 SEC-
ONDS BEFOGE DISAPPEARING FROM SIGHT. IN ADDITION, AT LEAST 2
DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND SEVERAL NCO PERSONNEL IN SAME LOCALE OBSERVED
PHENOMENON, THEIR DESCRIPTION GENRALLY AGREES WITH BUT IS NOT AS

COMPLETE AS THAT OF co. a. ALSO, US ARMY MAJOR, THIS COM=
MAND, ON TDY IN LIVORNO, ITALY, MADE SAME SIGHTIN 18 JUL IN LIVORNO

AREA. HE HOLDS TIME OF KIS SIGHTING AS ABOUT 1938Z. END QUOTE.

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