21.15N 170.15W, November 1961November 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 21.15N 170.15W, November 1961 in November 1961. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 44.

Reported location

21.15N 170.15W, November 1961

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

4 r PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD if?
BE | [oar 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ai Ss ) ; 0 Wos Balloon
[| 4 2 lov 61 21.15N 170.15W DO Probably Bolloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balloon
i P i 0 Was Aircraft
: Local A eae XK Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Aircraft
| GMT 03/045 GZ DO AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Radar OD Possibly Aircraft
- 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Wous Astronomical
‘i 0 Yes 0D Probably Astronomical
E “IX Ne MH litary 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "|e. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BRE Oe fT CRON
E D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
o 10 ms -~ Shy 0 Unknown
: REDE 2d AL ND 3
FE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round white objt in zighif'le COMMENTS fiche crossed equator heading
3 for 10 min, Appeared to be orbiting. NE at & 193.4497 at 0L50Z and would be
4 visible to the witness at this gmx
E location at OL58Z.
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995438

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-11-01