4032N 16659W (PACIFIC), December 1961December 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 4032N 16659W (PACIFIC), December 1961 in December 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 44.

Reported location

4032N 16659W (PACIFIC), December 1961

Date of incident

December 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| | | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a
F 9 1. DATE } : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 : EA : 0 Was Balloon
] 4 Dec 61 40328 16659W ( PaeiF IC 0 Probably Balloon
! 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ih TRENT) men
] i 0 Was Aircraft
: Leal ies AX Ground Visual 0 Ground-Rader 0 Probably Aireroft
1 GMT 0505142 DO AirVisual O Air-Intercept Rodar |© Possibly Alrersh
4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
3 0 Yes D Probably Asironomicoel A
3 > Ne Military 0 Possikly Astronomical
| [T UevomwoP oBsERVATION [& NUNSER OF OBJECTS | 7 COURSE |X Other PLD Tio I
E O Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
| 1 5 win 1 SE 0 Unknown
§ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round objt size of 11. COMMENTS Objt has characteriz=i-s of
| lanet sighted 20° elev, 210° az. Disappeared |satellite. Info not verified with space
4 08° elev, 175° az. In sight for 5 nin. Believed |track, however there is no conflicting
o be satellite by observers. info, Objt assumed to be Echo I.
EF ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995742

Connected across the archive

Installations

Offutt Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-12-01