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Case FileNARA NAID 28993201 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

26N 150W (PACIFIC), June 1961June 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 26N 150W (PACIFIC), June 1961 in June 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 150W (PACIFIC), June 1961

Date of incident

June 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 1D73 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 20 June 1961
2. LOCATION: 26N 150W (PACIFIC)
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local _____ GMT 20/1047Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Air-Visual [ ] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Interceptor Radar
5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10-15 [illegible]
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: [illegible]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY: Sighted a brightly burning object leaving small fragments. Initial observation at 1220 degrees and 15 min fragments. Initial observation at 320 degrees [illegible].
11. COMMENTS: Object observed shortly prior to dawn. An object was sighted bearing 1 [illegible]. Duration rather short, more like shift air observation of bottle and can evaluated as such. Evaluated no threat.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993201

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People

United Airlines 84

Organizations

CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAIIHAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII

Places

26-20N, 150-00W26N 150W (PACIFIC)

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19611961-06-0120 June 1961June 20, 1961

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