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Truk Atoll, July 1960

Date of account
1960-07
Location
Truk Atoll
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 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION Was Balloon 1.DATE Truk Atoll Probably Balloon 13Ju1 60 口 Possibly Balloon TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aicraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP DGround-Rodar 口 Probably Aireraf! Ground.Visuel 1100 or1200 口 Local. D Air-intercept Radar Ai~Visual 口 Was Astronomical GMT. 6.SOURCE 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical 5.PHOTOS aY Civilian 口 Other. QNo 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Unknown 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION varied one not given 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING There is no evidence which indicates that About size of a drum-can. Had a flat top, sides the object was not a balloon, the first are round and bottom is narrower than top. One impressions of the witnesses. The half was painted red and the other painted description of the object tends to fit white. Disappeared to the W. that of a balloon and

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