Buckingham, Iowa, December 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-12
- Location
- Buckingham, Iowa
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073.RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 22Dec 60 Buckingham,Iowa 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 1750 i Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Locol. 口 Probably Aircroft 口 22/2350Z Ai~Viwdl Air-lntercopt Radar GMT 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical OY.. Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol bNo 9.COURSE 口 Othor- 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 7sec one SE-NW 口 Unknowm 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING When first spotted, it was about 45-50° high The report suomitted by the witness is very similar to that received from other in the sky and started as an object that parts of the country this time of year. appeared to be a jet or satellite--a spot The object has all the characteristies of abcut the size of a large orange star.Travel
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