PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8612534

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONCrescent City California

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. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
28 Dec 60 28 Dec 60 Crescent City, California Crescent City, California D Was Balloan
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 1740 Local 1740 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 000 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 29/01402 29/0140z AirVisual Air-Intercopt Radar Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. o. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys Ys 000 080 Probably Astronomical Meteor Meteor
No No Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LEN OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 sec descending Unknown
one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING IT. COMMENTS
Elongated like cigar and illuminated, but Description of object is similar to that
thick like a short cigar. . Size of a bean seed. of a meteor. The earth is passing through
Brilliant green and increased in brilliance as a number of meteor showers this time of
it descended. Unusual type of green. Looking year, and the witnesses probably saw a
E it approached from the S and descended to meteor from one of these showers.
ground at a 45 angle S.
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UNCLAS 4080DC 12-S960. FOR AFCIN, SAFIS. UFO. FOLLOWING
REPORT OF UFO SUBMITTED IAW AFR20D-2 PARA 15. A• (1) ELONGATED
LIKE CIGAR AND ILLUMINATED, BUT THICK LIKE A SHORT CIGAR. (2)
ASOUT LIKE A BEAN SEED. (3) BRILLIANT GREEN AND INCREASED IN
BRILLIANCE AS IT DESCENDED. (4) ONE OBJECT. (5) N/A. (5) THREE *
MILES AUAY, APPROXIMATELY. (7) V FOLLOWING PATTERN TO EXHAUST.
(8) NO SOUND. (9) UNUSUAL TYPE OF GREEN. PARA B. (1) TALKING
TO WATCHMAN AT GATE OF PLANT, AND HE SAW IT. (Q) LOOKING EAST IT
APPROCHED FROM THE SOUTH AND DESCENDED TO GROUND AT A 45 DEGREE
ANGLE SOUTH. (3) ELEVATION - 0 (HORIZON); ANGLE SOUTH. AZIMUTH 215 AZIMUTH 215 DEGREES DEGREES
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TRUE. (4) APPEARED FROM SOUTHEAST - TURNED AND WENT SOUTHWEST.
(5) WENT BELOW HORIZON. (S) ABOUT FOUR SECONDS. PARA C. (1)
VISUAL, GROUND. (2) N/A. (3) NONE. PARA D. (1) 01407
SIGHTED. CALLED IN AT 235Z. () DUSK. PARA E. CRESCENT CITY,
CALIF. 10I HIGHWAY, NORTH CREST DRIVE. PARA F. (1) MR.
STANDARD VANEER & LUMBER COMPANY,

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TRUE. (4) APPEARED FROM SOUTHEAST - TURNED AND WENT SOUTHWEST.
(5) WENT BELOW HORIZON. (S) ABOUT FOUR SECONDS. PARA C. (1)
VISUAL, GROUND. (2) N/A. (3) NONE. PARA D. (1) 0140Z (
SIGHTED. CALLED IN AT 235Z. (2) DUSK• PARA E. CRESCENT CITY,
CALIF. 1OI HIGHWAY, NORTH CREST DRIVE. PARA F. (1) MR.
GENERAL MANAGER, STANDARD VANEER & LUMBER
CRESCENT CITY, CALIF. HOME ADDRE
CRESCENT CITY, CALIF• ALSO, WATCHMAN AT PLANT,
SAW AT SAME TIME WHILE TALKING TO HENDRICKS. BOTH CONSIDERED
RELIABLE. PARA G. (1) NO TURBULENCE; NO VIND. (2) 110/05;
030/10; 040/15; 030/40; 020/30; 020/30; 020/35; 020/25; 010/15. 030/10; 040/15; 030/40; 020/30; 020/30; 020/35; 020/25; 010/15.
(3) NO CEILING. (4) 15 MILES. (5) NO CLOUD COVER. (6) ALL (3) NO CEILING. (4) 15 MILES. (5) NO CLOUD COVER. (6) ALL -
CLEAR. PARA H. N/A. PARA I. N/A. PARA J. NA. PARA K. CLEAR. PARA H. N/A. PARA I. NA. PARA J. NA. PARA K.
OFFICER OF DAY, 1/LT JOHN D LANGIE, ORGN MAINT OFFICER. FROM THE OFFICER OF DAY, 1/LT JOHN D LANGIE, ORGN MAINT OFFICER. FROM THE
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION OF MR  F I AM SURE THAT HE OBSERVED TELEPHONE CONVERSATION OF AM SURE THAT I HE OBSERVED
SOME TYPE OF UNUSUAL PHENOMENA. HE SOUNDED VERY RELIABLE. I CAN
THINK OF NO CAUSE FOR HIS SIGHTING UNLESS IT WAS A METEOR; HOWEVER,
THE WEATHER AS REPORTED TO ME BY THE DET 2 EATHER SECTION FOR CRESCENT
CITY WAS NO WIND, NO CEILING, VISIBILITY 15 MILES, AND SINCE IT WAS
1740 AND DUSK THIS SEEMS TO BE A GUESS T MOST SINCE I THINK A
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METEOR WOULD BE EASILY IDENTIFIED UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. SINCE TWO METEOR WOULD BE EASILY IDENTIFIED UNDER
PEOPLE OBSERVED THIS OBJECT, IT IS LIKELY THAT A UFO WAS
1740 AT CRESCE CITY, CALIF. PARA L. N/A
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