PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8227082

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinity Taiwan

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USS BOYD PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Boiloon 7
3 Sep 60 Vicinity Taiwan Probubly Bolloon
00 Possibly Bailoon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Locel Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodar Was Aicraft
Binoculars 000 Probobly Aireraft
GMT 03/1124z AirVisual Air-intercepi Rodar Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astranomical
CY.s 000 Probobly Astronomical
No Military Possibly Astronomieai
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION |8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE KX Other Echo I
Insulficient Date to Evaluation
11 min ESE Unknown
one
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Round, white object, size of Round, white object, size of pinhead, bright as pinhead, bright as The description, flight path and duration description, flight path and durationl
a planet. Had straight a plazet. Ead straight flight path. Disappeared path. Disappeared lare are characteristic characteristic of the satellite of the satellite Echo Echo
in low clouds.
ATIC PORM 329 76 BP 52
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JULIETT DASH JULIETT OSCAR ONE FOUR ZERO ZERO PD THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
FROM USS BOYD IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION PD QUOTE PD UFO REPORT .
AD REF CINCPACFLT INST THREE EIGHT TWO ZERO POINT THREE PD PARA ONE •
LFA ROUND PD BRAVO PIN HEAD PD CHARLIE WHITE PD DELTA ONE PD Classiffcetien Cancelled
COHO NONE PD FOXTROT NONE PD GOLF NONE PD HOTEL NONE PD INDIA
RAVO PD ALEA STAR
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SHIPBOA D DELTA PD ALFA ZERO THREE
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ONE ONE TWO FOUR ZEBRA ORAVO NIGHT PD ECHO PD TWO FOUR TWO ZERO
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COMA ONE NINE ZERO ZERO ECHO PD FOMTROT PD ALFA N SLANT A PD
BRAVO CAPT B.U. SMITH COMA USN COMDESRON ONE FIVE COMA CDR H. C.
BEHNER VV USN CO USS BOYD AND WATCH PERSONNEL COMA RELIABILITY
EXCELLENT GOLF PD ALFA CHATTERED HIGHT STRATUS CLOUDS PD
DAAVO NONE PD CHARLIE UNLIMITED PD DELTA UNLIMITED PD ECHO FIVE 7
PERSENT PD FOXTROT NONE PD HOTEL PD COMDESRON ONE FIVI CO BOYD . -
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