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Case FileNARA NAID 28991589 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

3854N 7710W Arlington, Va., February 1961February 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 3854N 7710W Arlington, Va., February 1961 in February 1961. The full case file (5 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 41.

Reported location

3854N 7710W Arlington, Va., February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
TX ER USPHS
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Was Balloon
1 27 Feb 61 3654N 7710W Arlington, Va. |O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i LweISy SE)
| LOEW el ER KB Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar B 5 i: Re o Kev
5) ly H
GMT 2802012 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft |
S;PWOTOS = | 6 BOUNCE 0 Was Astronomical 1M ¢7¢a47_
i O Yes B Probably Astronomical
# No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BA aiid doin
(w] +p rial Dota for Evaluation
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90 mec 1 SW-NE oly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Circular objt, size of |[Il. COMMENTsExcept for duration, descrip- |
pinhead. Yellow-red, brightness of 2nd megni+ tion is characteristic of a metefp.
tude. Had vapor trail, indeterminate length, | W/probable over estimation of time.
7° or 8° removed from objt. Appeared 30-35° |
above horizon in SW sky; disappeared 80° abo
horizon in NE sky.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) !
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991589

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