3227N 12802W (PACIFIC), 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 3227N 12802W (PACIFIC), 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

3227N 12802W (PACIFIC), 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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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
2: ..\  |9 Wes Balloon |
15 Aug 61 22 12802W Aci€1C Q Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ol Cs dn |
I isis O Ground- Visual O Greund-Radar a Phy Al vorely
.__GMT 0310 EXAir Visual D Air-Intercept Radar | 3 Possibly Aircraft
S. PNOTOS « SOURCE : O Was Astronomicol
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical |
TXNe Military O Possibly Astronomical |:
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. ‘NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE K@X Other___Prob Fcho T
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: \ 0 Unknown
5 min 1 :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round white objt like 11. COMMENTS Description of objt is char-
star. On straight course. Lost sight when a/c|acteristic of an artificial satellite in |
turned. | | orbit. Orbit of Echo I was checked and it FE
was determined to be in area moving ©
: : in direction reported for objt. Witnesses |
| a/c was x turned, therefore accounting
for relative short duration of sighting ; |
It is determined that objt observed was
probably Echo I.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994139

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-08-01