BITBURG AB 495640N O63348E GERMANY, February 1961February 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 BITBURG AB 495640N O63348E GERMANY, February 1961 in February 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 41.

Reported location

BITBURG AB 495640N O63348E GERMANY, February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

Cn Bi dS ET PT RR ots 00 boro se mame mtn ; - .
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Sa PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| 1. DATE = 2. LOCATION ; 2 CONCLUSIONS |
BITRUEG +S O Was Balloon
| 9 Feb 61 L9S6UON  063348E  GeRMMIY |O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION acd As sme |
OW ce iii @ Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor o Prey Roverdh |
GMT 0920002 O Ain Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft ; |
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OD Was Astronomicol Vers |
O Yes IX Probably Astronomical
2 Ne Military and Civilian OD Possibly Astronemicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY OU iiicnuiliaiiibiosiiinimidiatinn
. O Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
O Unknown |
30 Min, 1 W
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Yellow, circular objt |!)- COMMENTS uration and apparent short cir
size of half dollar at arms length. Observed | distance traveled by objt is suggestive |
20° angle to horizon, 225° az. Disappeared of an astronomical body. Planet Venus |
; 7° angel to horizon, 270° as. Appeared to was found to have been in position repoxt-
rotate. Faded to W. ed. Strange appearance was probably due
to it being close to horizon where
witness was looking through much more
of earth's atmosphere when observing it
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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CE oy BC Ce CI RT ETE Sr WT LD Se rR TE TPR 2a

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991387

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-02-01