PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8229365

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONWof Azores Islands

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
NILITARY AIR 12. CONCLUSIONS
LOCATION D Was Balloon
1. DATE Azores Islands 0 Probably Bolloon
17 Sap 60 W of 0 Possibly Ballcon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Alscraft Aireraft
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Ground-Visual Ground-Roda 000 Probably Airernht
Local Air-intercept Radar Possibly
17/03312 Ain-Visual 7. Wes Astronomical Astronomicalletear
GMT_ 6. SOURCE Probobly Astronomical
5. PHOTOS commender 0 Possibly
Y Barrier a/c Other.
DNo NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 000 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
LENGTH OF CSSERYATION 8. Unknow
7. one descending
not given not given 11. COMMENTS
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING TO. BRISF SUMWARY OF SIGHTING Object has all the characteristics of a Object has all the characteristics of a
ball falling falling straight down and
Incandescent Incandescent whole sky leaving white trail large meteor. large meteor.
burning. Lighted whole sky leaving burning. Lighted shock wave
aprox 5 wide with white lines at burning debre.
edges. Center of trail full of
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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BT V 480
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AFCIN TO ATIC FOR INFO X OTE FH CONDARLANT TO COHASDEFORLANT INFO
AEWRON ELEVEN X BARRIEN AIRCRAFT COMDR GN U UPON RETURN
ARGENTIA REPORTS SICHTING UFO BEARING OBOT RANGE UNKNOWN FROH VICINITY
3061N 3321W 17033IZ X INCAIDESSCENT BALL FALLING 306iN 3321W 170331Z X INCA-DESSCENT BALL FALLING STRAIGHT STRAIGHT DOWN! DOW!! AND AND
BURKING FOK ONE SECOND LIGHTED WHOLE SKY APPROX TWENTY 1 SKY APPROX TWENTY
DEGREES ELEVATION X BALL LEFT WHITE 1 DEGREES ELEVATION X BALL LEFT WHITE T TRAIL APPROX FIVE TRAIL APPROX FIVE DEGREES WIDE
WIRH WHITE LINES AT WIRH WHITE LINES AT SHOCK K wAVE ADGES x C WAVE ADGES X C CENTER R CF THAIL FULL OF BUMNING R CF THAIL FULL OF BUXNING
DEBRES UNQUOTE
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18/0O1OZ SEP RJEZNQ 18/OO1OZ SEP RJEZNQ
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