Camp Wolters, TexasJuly 1961

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Camp Wolters, Texas 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 42.

Reported location

Camp Wolters, Texas

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

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 | LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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0 Wos Balloon
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ev ee eee ——— eee eee eee! 3 Possibly Balls
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [i Basiity Beviesn |
| Woe Aloe
a A LE Rn RSE Ae Pe Ol Ground-Visual J Ground-Raedar o Was Aircraft {
. | 3 Probobly Aircraft
N r , “ype : :
Cy OREN TLE ee DL ie TS 0 Air-Visuo! 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroit
5. PHOTOS | 8.7 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
CO Yes ! 0 Prebably Astranamical
Ens IEEE : 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF O35SRVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | COURSE ~~ |B Oe 2X00 satellite
{ | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
| | . a] Urknown
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SE RO MESS CEA aS ENN SA LS NLS at (Ere EW TEI SERIA Dios Uo CHC — eee
{12. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 2 CJC [ COMMENTS y ay "GC
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993478

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Places

Camp Wolters, TX Texas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-07-01