PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8610985

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONSEGuam

FRAMES3

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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon 7
19 Dec 60 SE Guam 0 Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon DoToon
3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local_ Local Ground-Visval Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft
GMT. 19/0921z AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y.. Y.. Military 000 00 Probably Astronomical
No PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other Satellite
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION COURSE 800 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data Evaluation
19 min one SE Unknown Unknown
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object of magnitude about lst mag star picked Characteristics of satellite present,
up at 15 elev, 335. Disappeared after straight although not con med. Request for
flight path at 5 elev on l30° heading. Sight- additional information sent out but no
ing from ship and believed to be satellite at answer received.
time of observation.
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RECEIVED
SQB701 902c60 20: 037
MDAASIDABOSS ATIC 1960 DEO 20 05 33
PP RJEDSQ -
DE RJMKDA 47 UNCLAS EFTO
P 200531Z ZEX P 2005312 ZEX
FN 39GOCSG ANDERSEN AFB GUAM FI 3SGOCSG ANDERSEN AFB GUAM 1
TO RJEDSQ/AIR TECH INT TO RJEDSQ/AIR TECH INT CZR -YE2UFO
RJEZHO/NQ USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC 2
RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AIR FORCE WASH DC RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AIR FORCE WASH DC / 3 3 4x2a 4x2a
RJIFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO 4 Y
BT
UNCLASSIFIEDEF TO DDO 37007.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS QUOTEI ORMATION AND IS
SUBMITTED IAW AFR 200-2. QUOTE:
UFO UNCLAS :
1. APPEARANCE OF FIRST NAGNITUDE STAR
2PICKED-UP BEARING 335 DEGREES POSITION ANGLE 15. DISSAPEARED
13O DEGREES ABOUT 5 DEG ABC HORIZON AT 190940Z
3. VISUAL SIGHTING
41909217
5 5. LAT 11-41-ON LONG 147-04-0E LAT 11-41-ON LONG 147-04-0E
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PAGE TWO RJMXDA 47
6 CO. XO. OMD-PSOS OFF So CO. XO. CMD-PSOS OFF
7. CLEAR SKY-CLOUDS TO DEG ON HORIZON
B. CONTINUED IN SLOW MOVENENT AND B. CONTINUED IN SLOW MOVEMENT AND APPEARED AS A POINT SOURCE WHEN
OBSERVED THROUCH OBSERVED THROUCH BINOCULAR BINOCULAR.
9NONE NONE
10. NO AIR CONTACTS BY RADAR
11. C.O. USS ATELLITE
12 NONE
UNQUOTE: NO ON AVAILABLE AT THIS STATION.
BT
20/05372 Z DEC RJMXDA
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