PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8610620

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATION4000N17500WNof Midway Island

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

MILITARY
1. DATE 2. cee 12. CONCLUSIONS
COON = 17500W
G Was Ballcon
17 Dec 60 N of Midway Isiand 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ————16 Possibly Betloon
191 Y QO Was Aircraft?
Se 0 Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Roder Q Probably Aircroft
GMT 18/07152Z D Air Vi wel D Air-Intercept Radar | ¥ Possibly Aireroft
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O Ne Military D Possibly Astronomical
?. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE = | Other ——
2 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
4k min one ESE 0 Unknown

), BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Bright yellow shining light. Appeared WW
horizon traveling ESE. Resembled Echo fI.
Reached maximum height of 30° above horizon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

1}. COMMENTS

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The chject was in view for 4 minutes,
rising to 30°above horizon. The object
appeared to move to the E, wrong direc-
tion for an astronomical body. The
information reported is limited in nature
precluding an evaluation. Therefore, this
report is classified as insufficient data

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