2621N 12650E (FAR EAST), August 1961August 1961

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 2621N 12650E (FAR EAST), August 1961 in August 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 43.

Reported location

2621N 12650E (FAR EAST), August 1961

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIING
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: : 5 : j . | Was Bolloon
o yor, poh “1 oo to amy LEAN 0 MN Sh
: 3 Aug ol S621N 126508 { EAC EAST 0 Probably Bolloon
{ RENATO 5 CORRES I——" 5 Cee 0 Possibly Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i NOTA 3 0 Was Aircraft
i BTL | CUE =. 2% Pam, AT CRE PAO Eee 0 Ground- Visual 3 Ground-Radar Q Probably Alreraft
{ GMT 031 i Ap | LOA Vi sual 0 Air-lntarcopt Radar D Possibly Aircraft
nt I eo 7171 | SR ES
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomizal
O Yeas 0 Probably Astronomical
ONe NAR ay O Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF.033ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 4X Other L008 CUO ee |
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: EE i ie O Unknown
: dels Bb { A IN
: eR RAEI Oe ge mT Cr SE
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Silver wilte objh ob- 1. COMMENTS Des soription, duration, and
servad 40° elev, 280° az. Disappearing over flight path of objt 1s chara beristice
aorizon at 050° alter straight flight path in | of satellite KE cho I. A check indicates
sight 17 min. Multiple sightings. that Echo I was in position reported
by witnesses. It is therefore co ne lade:
that objt observed was probably Echo 1.
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993831

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-08-01