DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8235752
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1960
REPORTED LOCATIONRamey AFB Puerto Rico
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Location Puerto hice = Serukb Tsl ihc) Rey m} ott ar Mw oer laerve Pat. noe
Date 2h Oct 1960 _____. Hour (%)__Annrex 23952
WH Scatterod clouds, vis 15 mi, winds Si & Sh at IN tn. 90 lnots

Description Fownd, Size of nea to slivhtlw smalier than baseball, white,

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DID NOT OBSERVE TAIL, TRAIL OR EXHAUST. €8) NO SOUND WAS REPORTED.
C9) ALL OBSERVERS EXCEPT THOSE AT RAMEY REPORTED GBJECTCAME FROM A
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INFORMATION 1S SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 209-2, 14 SEP 1959.
PART A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT. €1) OBJECT WAS BALL=SHAPED. (2)

SIZE OF PEA BY COAST GUARD OBSERVER, A HALF DOLLAR BY SCRUB ISLAND
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DID NOT OSSIRVE TAIL, TRAIL OR EXHAUST. ¢€8) NO SOUND WAS REPORTED. '
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GROUND LEVEL AND WAS VERTICAL IN SHAPE, SCRUB ISLAND OBSERVER FIRST

NOTICED CLOUD AT 39 DEGREES ELEVATION, NO PARTICULAR SHAPE. RANEY

OBSERVERS JUST HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING IN DIRECTION WHERE OBJECT

APPEARED, (2) ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH WHEN FIRST OBSERVED WAS
REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: CA) RAMEY OBSERVERS: 1@ DEGREES ELEVATION,

315 DEGREE AZIMUTH. (B) SCRUB ISLAND OBSERVER: 45 DEGHEE ELEVATION,

AZIMUTM OF 385 DEGREES. ¢°) COAST GUARD OBSERVERS: MINUS 14 DEGREES

BELOW LEVEL OF AIRCRAFT IN ELEVATION ON AZIMUTH OF 5320 DEGREES, (5)

ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF OBJECT UPON DISAPPEARANCE WAS RE~

PORTED AS FOLLOWS: CA) RAMEY OBSERVER: 60 EEGREES ELEVATION AND

75 DEGREE AZIMUTH. (B) SCRUB ISLAND OBSERVER: 82 DEGREE ELEVATION
165 DEGREES AZIMUTH. (© & COAST GUARD OBSERVER: 89 DEGREE ELEVATION
320 DEGREES IN AZIMUTH. (4) RAMEY OBSERVERS REPORTED STRAIGHT
FLIGHT PATH THEN A LEVELING OFF AND THEN A DECREASE IN ALTITUDE.
OTHER OBSERVERS REPORTED A NEARLY VERTICAL FLIGHT PATH. (5) ALL

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IBSERVERS ON HEADING S2¢ DEGREES NOTICED A CLOUD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF
THEM AT AN ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF 19 MILES. THEY THEN ASSUMED HEADING

OF 264 DEGREES TO AVOID THE CLOUD. THEY THEN RESUMED HEADING OF S20
NEGREES AND COULD SEE CLOUD TO THEIR RIGHT AND BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT

WHICH WOULD INDICATE A CLOUD IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THEIR POSITION. NO
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS CAN BE MADE ON THE REPORTED SIGHTING OF THE

COAST GUARD OFFICERS THOUGH TIME IS CONINCIDENTAL WITH OTHER REPORTED

SIGHTINGS, PART L. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AVAILABLE.

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