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Case FileNARA NAID 28992570 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

4510N 5045W ATLANTIC, May 1961May 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 4510N 5045W ATLANTIC, May 1961 in May 1961. The full case file (3 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

4510N 5045W ATLANTIC, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10/3 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 May 61

2. LOCATION
[illegible] ALTAIR

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 2330
GMT: 12:30

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ]
Air-Visual [ ]
Ground-Radar [ ]
Air-Intercept Radar [ ]

5. PHOTOS
Yes [ ]
No [ ]

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
8 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Bright white light size of Altair. First observed moving in relation to stars bearing 110 T 60 deg elev. Dimmed and disappeared bearing 120 T 10 deg elev.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [ ]
Probably Balloon [ ]
Possibly Balloon [ ]
Was Aircraft [ ]
Probably Aircraft [ ]
Possibly Aircraft [ ]
Was Astronomical [ ]
Probably Astronomical [ ]
Possibly Astronomical [ ]
Other: [illegible]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ]
Unknown [ ]

11. COMMENTS:
This report contains insufficient evidence to allow for a reliable conclusion. However, this object was probably a satellite.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992570

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATICCONADUSAF

Places

AltairArgentina

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

15 May 6116 May 6119611961-05-01

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