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Case FileNARA NAID 28991323 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

Cape Prince of Wales, AlaskaFebruary 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 Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 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

Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

AK / US

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
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Re : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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| 8 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Wos Balloon
| 5 Feb 61 Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska|O Brobably Befioch
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Posi Semen |
WRROCI | (RSI So XB Ground: Visual O Ground-Rodor a ly iter oft
; GMT 0605272 a Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireralt
5. ‘PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical Me7€ cz
Oa Yes O Probobly Astronomical
¥ No Civilian B Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS § COURSE BOI sm —
. O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
O Unknown
ST EE TE np
«Tou SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A very large white light|': COMMENTSCharacteristics of object are
S ped 1ike a star resembling a meteor or those of a meteor.
i nissile. Had a tail. Appeared and disappeared
Lt 22° horizontal NE. Disappeared instantane-
Eo ously.
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
4 . .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991323

Connected across the archive

Places

AlaskaCape Prince of Wales, AK

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19611961-02-01

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