Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokota, Japan, May 1961May 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 Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokota, Japan, May 1961 in May 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 42.

Reported location

Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokota, Japan, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
g Atsugi, Japan 0 Was Balloon |
1 May 61 80 mi 1 vokota Japan 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Posniny Setioon
EE A Ea 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 8 a id |
GMT 09582 8 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor D Possibly Aircraft | !
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE £0 Was Astronomical Mercere |
O Yes B35 Probably Astronomical
I Ne Military OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BEN oT PE Ta He Don HO CORON |
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0 Unknown
10-12 Sec p )escending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING White burning objt with! COMMENTS nyration and description confdrm |
tail.Burned out. to observation of meteor.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992351

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01