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Case FileNARA NAID 28993489 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

26N 147W PACIFIC, July 1961July 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 26N 147W PACIFIC, July 1961 in July 1961. The full case file (2 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 42.

Reported location

26N 147W PACIFIC, July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 Jul 61

2. LOCATION
Hickam AFB, Hawaii

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]
GMT [illegible]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
[illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Slick airlift reported sighting possible satellite re-entry. Object too bright to be star. Direction as reported aircraft to location [illegible]

11. COMMENTS
[illegible text]

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

AFTO FORM 329 (REV 24 JUL 51)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993489

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