5814N 14355W (PACIFIC), October 1961October 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 5814N 14355W (PACIFIC), October 1961 in October 1961. The full case file (4 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

5814N 14355W (PACIFIC), October 1961

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

1 Gass ansn PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ah . OD Was Balloon
23 Qct 61 5814 143550 ( PAC (F<) OD Probably Balloon
E Ee mS eR PE PETAR TET] 2 Py 7————=1 0 Possibly Balloen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
1430 " 0 Was Aircraft

4 — " or :
j Local ee ereeeteeeeeeeee _ ig DGround- Visual 0 Greund-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
5 GMT 23/430 Zz D AirVisuael 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
: HNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ie cOthgeiaio do fos i dures pul
3 {F Insufficient Data for Evaluation
54 0 Unknown
B i IN ;
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Circis record of white [1h COMMENTS ITncufficicent Data for evaluation.
flash in N. No other info.
I ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 BEP §2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995273

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-10-01