4000N 17500W N of Midway Island, December 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-12
- Location
- 4000N 17500W N of Midway Island
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 4000N17500W 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 Dec6o N of Midway Island 口 Was Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Probabiy Bolloon 1915 口 Possibly Balloon Local. GroundVisual 18/07152 Ground·Rodar 口 Was Aircraft GMT DAirViswol 口 ProbablyAircraft 5.PHOTOS D Air-lntorcept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE DY.. 口 Was Astronomical ONe Military 口 Probably Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 口 Possibly Astronomicol 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 44min 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation one ESE 口 Unknown O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright yellow shining light.Appeared wNW The object vas in view for 44 minutes, horizon traveling ESE. Resembled Echo I. Reached maximm height of 3o° above horizon. 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
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