5617N 5052W ATLANTIC, May 1961May 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 5617N 5052W ATLANTIC, May 1961 in May 1961. The full case file (2 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

5617N 5052W ATLANTIC, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 100/3 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 May 61

2. LOCATION
561st 5052d ATLANTA

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]
2330Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
AILIBERRY CHICKENS

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bright object; high; very high speed. Possible Satellite.

11. COMMENTS
Object possibly a Satellite or meteor.

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

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992567

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Places

561st 5052d ATLANTA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

15 May 61 1961 1961-05-01