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Case FileNARA NAID 28993593 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Albuquerque, New MexicoJuly 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico in July 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 43.

Reported location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

NM / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
IRE ONRB I Cl VAR Teh 0 Was Balloon
EH ula Ql LOUGUAaraque, Ach Meslcel 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | TORSTEN Sen
1640 er J O Was Aircraft
ee en eer 8: Ground- Visual BD Ground-Redar C1 Probably Aircraft
GMT 401407 A a Air~Visual OQ Air-Intercent Radar 0° Possibly Alreraft
5. PHOTOS 8, SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
C Yes 0 Probubly Astronomical
:0.No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF .O35ERVATION { 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {a DIHO his hii a a bss
0 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation
» ¢ | 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, Waite obJjb, far [1% COMMENTS jaather balloons are known +o
away, in sight 6 min, moving directly E-W. remain aloft and remian in same genera.
fatlocns leuched in area 2 hrs prior, however | gm area of launch, or retu rning to are:
| winds moving to SW at low speeds, of lauch. However, they are generally at
an altitude that would make it difficult] to |
; see with naked eye. Witnesses are lo~atdd
under a nighly traveled airway and objt
\ » as more probably a high Tlvine o/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
E WHER Ram Bs Rad ru BRE THER SR NEL ETRE REV eed bth ot an ; 3 ; . .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993593

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