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Case FileNARA NAID 28993628 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Cameron, LouisianaJuly 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Cameron, Louisiana 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

Cameron, Louisiana

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

LA / US

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
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
Bi ai N a WRETAY e 0. Wos Bolloon
25 Jud ©l Cameron, Loulsiana 01" Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 CARNES. own
1150 on 0 Was Aircraft
TE “fk Ground- Visual D Ground-Raodar Q Probobly Aircraft |
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GMT pi {Hd a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Alreralt
rom ea a ee gr RE TT TRE 13 EU |
. 5. "PHOTOS ; . 5QURCE C0 Was Astronomical
a Yes 0D Probobly Astronomical
0rNa oh sap Civi1ian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BB OR simi inssnisnaiiisen \
: O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: rg 0 Unknown :
I 3 11 il ba 7 J. I¥ N 1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright orange ob jt NM. COMMENTS; oh flying objt hovered cver- :
shining thru clouds, Emitted sioke or vapor. head for aprox 45 nin and X28 disappeared |
Believed to bs at 50,000', faded climbing to to NW climbing. Winds aloft to NW. Cbjt
W. Hovered part of time. described as ping-poag ball with wings.
Probably balloon.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993628

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