31.40N 177.20W, April 1962April 1962

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 31.40N 177.20W, April 1962 in April 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

31.40N 177.20W, April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD '
1. DATE ie LOCATION : 77 CONCLUSIONS 2 oo: ‘fd
1 0 Wos Balloon
4 April 62 | 31,.40N 177.20W 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TI4Z GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION mE Ld di |
3 ; 0 Wes Aircraft
al Lisa 1 1-Vis a -R s
Local or Ss —— 0 Ground- Visual Oround-Rader 1 Probaobly Aircraft
CMT. 04/1557 Z ANE B AirVYisuadl 0 Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTCS fi SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
O Yes CO Probably Astronomical
VIX No Military O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other_Satellite
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: | 2 0 Unknown
- 10 mins ona 3 East
s 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: CIRVIS rpt of obj w/brightness of 1st{0Cbj possesses orbital characteristi
magnitude star at 31 deg 45 min elevajftics ECHO data not available, how}
: tion moving thru star polaris in an ‘ever the objs speed, duration of
1 Easterly direction, Not picked up on [ihe sighting, and directional heaj-
{ Radar, fing are consisitant w/the pe
: of a satellite sighting.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996659

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-04-01