12008W 5543N (British Columbia), March 1961March 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 7, 1961, a civilian in British Columbia, Canada, near 120 degrees 08 minutes west, 55 degrees 43 minutes north, reported a small object about 5:50 p.m. local time. The object was white and shaped like a doughnut. It looked like an aircraft intercepting a B-47. It traveled north on the track of a B-47, then broke off to the west and went out of sight. The sighting lasted about four minutes.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said the object was possibly an aircraft. Only B-47s were reported in the area, and these were seen by the witnesses. The card listed insufficient data for a firm conclusion.

Reported location

12008W 5543N (British Columbia), March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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4 A ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD RG
( 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
] pi O Was Boll |
| 7 Mar 61 12008W 5543N (British Columbia) |O Probably Balloon |
§ | 3. OATE-TIME GROUP "| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bsn (vc hata |
| tol 050 X Ground-Visvel  O Ground-Roder 8 Prohobiy Auverete |
i 3 GMT 7190 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft bo i
: 5. ‘PHOTOS . SO O Was Astronomical
: O Yes : O Probably Astronomical |
I 3 B Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 3 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE EDTII iiiiiniinbiiiisit iusmiuiis | |
; ‘ i B Insufficient Date for Evaivation
O Unknown
4 min 1
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Small white objt shaped |')- COMMENTS Ob jt was possibly an a/c. How-
| like a doughnut. Looked like an interception pn ever there were only B-47's reported in |
i B-47. Traveled N on track of B-47, then broke|l the area, and these were observed by
1 off W. Went out of sight. the witnesses, this report is categorized
as Insufficient Data, One Witness.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991770