PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8233494

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1960

REPORTED LOCATION250mi WOf San Francisco Calif

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MILITARY Ai PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- . SO mi Woo? San Francisco, Calif 0 Was Balloon
‘ + Sa. Seer : comaee Q Probably Salison
13. DATE-Timé GROUP 4. TYPE OF GS3SERVATION ge Possi ty Seton
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O Yes Mi litery CO. Probobly Astronomical = oGor
Ne WAS SLE J 0 Possibly Astronamicel

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11. COMMENTS

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SIGHTED FIREY OBJECT NW OF E/37 ATH 4 MIN WEST OF WILLIAMS ORJECT
APPEARED TO BE A FLARE BURNED RED TO BLUE TRAILED GREEN VIABLE
FOR 4 SECONDS UNABLE TO MAKE CIRVIS RPT DIME TO COMMUNICATION
DIFFICULTY TIME OF SIGHTING 64452
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PARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
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/UNCLAS/520IN-C-292, CIRVIS LANDING REPORT CUFO) REF, CIRVIS REPORT

PASSED TO ENDICOTT AT 9459Z. AIRCRAFT ETHAN 44 SIGHTED OBJECT DISCRIBED
AS BALL OF FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY S753N 12745W, TIME @446Z. POYITION OF

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-HAN 44 AT TIME OF SIGHTING WAS JG2945. CLOUD COVER 5,892 BROKEN

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| i 2 KE \VING . if AIRCRAFT O45 3 EGRE ES ( TH) . 0 JECT SIGHTED 9ODEGREES

Orr NOSE TO THE RIGHT. AT FIRST OBSERVATION THE BALI

\S THE AIRCRAFT €6,@0@@FT). APPEARED TO BE THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL=<MUCH

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LARGER THAN THE ORDINARY FALLING STAR. THE OBJECT WAS IN SIGHT FOR 4

10S. THERE WAS A LONG GLOWING TAIL MADE UP PRIMARILY OF PARTICLES

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AR IMG OFF THE MAIN BODY. THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL DESCENDING NEARLY

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.. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

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UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING

AF IN : 17068 (8 Oct 60)

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STRAIGHT DOWN 19 TO 2QDEGREES OF VERTICAL IN A SLIGHT WNW DIRECTION,

THE TAIL WAS BLUISH WHITE WITH THE ENDOF THE TAIL BEING MORE RED AND

RED-ORANGE, THE LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT WAS MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE NORMAL

FALLING STS3R. THE SKY was APPROXIMATELY ONE~
DAYLIGHT,

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HALF AS BRIGHT AS NORMAL

03/1755Z OCT RUWZSBA

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