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Nome, Alaska, March 1960

Date of account
1960-03
Location
Nome, Alaska
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon arch,1960. Nome,Alaska 口 Probably Baiioon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Wos Aircraft Locol Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMTD7/0727Z Air-Visual Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomieal Mleteor OYes 口 ProbabiyAstronomical ONO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 20 seconds NW 口 Unknown one TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,firey orange-red object,appearing The object was probably a lerge meteor as blue flash and exploding into two pieces ofthe"bolide" type. male a swishing noise,while travelling in a straignt path fron Se bo Nw. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)

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