3200N 12730W (OFF CALIF), May 1961May 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 3200N 12730W (OFF CALIF), May 1961 in May 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 42.

Reported location

3200N 12730W (OFF CALIF), May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

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 | 2 LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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2 | : {DO for 00 Probably Balloon [
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3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP {. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ’
| C Was Aircra
ET ENT x Se AE | 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar |Q Wos Aircre + A300
0 Probably Aircraft
{ - TI Possibly / craft
| GCM i p Ai 4 ERE ced | Aire Visual 0 Air-Interc pt Huaar 0 Possibl 4 Aircrofe
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE {0 Vas Astronomical H
| 0 Yes | 13> Prod sbiy Astronomical |
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| 7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION | 8 NUMBER OF 03J 2CTS | 9. COURSE IR Ol
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992800

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01