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Case FileNARA NAID 28996022 · T1206 Roll 44

Project Blue Book Case File

Adak, AlaskaJanuary 1962

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Adak, Alaska in January 1962. 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

Adak, Alaska

Date of incident

January 1962

State / country

AK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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§  POORE, CAMPBELL, CHERRY, v
I HOWELL, DUNHAM, MOORE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
9 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E 6 Jan 62 Is A O Was Bolloon i
: fey has 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6 FPessisly Salisen
3 0 Woes Aieraft i
Loco — ooo O Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft :
i Rie  OEIIOTR A AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aireroft
: 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical
; O Yes PAA O Probably Astronomical
i A No Military O Possibly Astronomicol
J 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X Orhero2tellite ,
; by 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
] 8 min one D Unknown
|! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Navy a/ ; at pls on Lfo-524. je :t sighted Not Echo I. However object has charac-
| at LOZ held vis aly for © min when object teristics of orbital flight. Case is
iisarreared Cvsr horizon. Object was bright evaluated as a satellite.
i white and circular in shape.
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i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996022

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