6115N 0645W (ATLANTIC), December 1961December 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 6115N 0645W (ATLANTIC), 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

6115N 0645W (ATLANTIC), 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

] : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : EB
3 wt We 0 Was Balloon
3 16 Dec 61 61158  06L5W (ATeANTI) O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q. Possibly Balleon
. ¥ 0 Wes Aircraft .
] To) 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircroft
4 GMT 1606002 ZBRXAirYisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aireraft
1 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

E 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
i YONe Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bs
4 BX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown

3 3 min J, 7
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGStar-shaped objt, hb en COMMENTS Limited info. Belleved csatellit
: ness of lst magnitude star. Observed at 15% by reporting official, however direction
; elev, 090°T az, Disevpeared over horizon at cannot be determined and duration seems

i 3 055°T in 3 min. snort. No flight info given and cther
1 factors necessary for evaluation. Case

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995826

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-12-01