PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8605061

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONPetersburg Alaska

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2. LOCATION 132. CONCLUSIONS

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