3525N 13927E (FAR EAST), 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 3525N 13927E (FAR EAST), July 1961 in July 1961. The full case file (6 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

3525N 13927E (FAR EAST), July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE p 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
RR Sk Aa pia et O Wos Balloon
1 DEAEN 1 A001 \ 2 LAT sg
DL wlll OL De JAN Bs Bly Tae fi] fo 4 fis. € FN 16 0 didi Balloon
eee ID ibly Ball i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Baktivo) Siri
D015 : 0 Was Aircraft
ENS od) a - m) GC -R .
i Ee Ground- Visual round-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 311lildZ B Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
LA "PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical :
| Ons Military DO Possibly Astronomical
TT TE TTT EL i BE Ye XP 2, Er Tro “Sr (gr Pz Tham) (Lg Pay
7. LENGTH OF O33ZRVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE +8 Other £100 LChRO JI
{ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7 min 1 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright white objt, 156 COMMENTS UD JL X'2porded 1s Very Sillicd
small size, no sound, no tail. In sight for to those rep rhed fm this nS 8 Said | |
( min on straight flight path. ocassions. Characteristics are similar 4o
Fcho I satellite although no direction {2s
. given. A check indicates that Echo 1 wa:
in position reported for objt. Lt 15
; therefore, concluded that objt was
. VT ( Te [IR] Tov ) 5
probably Echo I.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993751

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-07-01