5846N 14429W (PACIFIC), October 1961October 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 5846N 14429W (PACIFIC), October 1961 in October 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

5846N 14429W (PACIFIC), October 1961

Date of incident

October 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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4g 1. DATE 3 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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1 23 Oct 61 5846N 1429; ad Fi Q) D Probably Balloon
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: : | DMNA ID00% D AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
9 S. PHOTOS . SOURCE OX Was Astronomical A) eTedrd
Ei O Yes: 0 Probably Astronomical
4 ONo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
- 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RL Sit SA
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 t 5 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sl01sn-whits TTEsha. To 11. COMMENTS lieport turned in for correlabioh
“ { 2iscernable shape; had meteor type tail or with other report. (Time did not correspoid
BE | <r=2il of smoke like contrail. Assumed at time |+to other report.) Since observers assumed
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995278

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-10-01