Atlantic Ocena 40.58N 36.50W, July 1961July 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 Atlantic Ocena 40.58N 36.50W, July 1961 in July 1961. The full case file (6 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

Atlantic Ocena 40.58N 36.50W, July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OE y wi hy FA Rey Ms I 3h nto Vor aves li%e 5 50 D1) fe 0 Was Balloon
25 Jul &3 adlddancic Ocena 40,580 Rh GOL 0 Hadi) 4 “od
B DATE TINE CROUR de To R650 :
2. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
i Q Was Aircraft
Local —_— 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
CMT 234053 24 DO Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 00 UF Airintercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
FoR 5 2 lh TELE COR 0 i i
HB Ne Military Possibly Astronomical
9 LENGTH OF OB EAVATION el UY i he oye ATT Sen
| 7. LENGTH OF OR3ZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE &* Orher.Satelldte
8 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
y Gl 3 : Gk OQ Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UPC, (oir: 130° speed 11. COMMENTS sigating has 211 chara teristids
1 unsnown, single bright 1 ight sizé of pea of satellite ohservation incl uding des-
observed at zenith nm a/a «» Passed overhead end cription, direction of T] ight, speed of
disappeared cover herizon. olghting at dawn. objt and orbital appearance,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 IZ2 32)
E his Re AE TET DURE NE a CE TE po : : '
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993611

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-07-01