Carlsbad, New MexicoJuly 1962

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 Carlsbad, New Mexico in July 1962. 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 46.

Reported location

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

NM / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ae \
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS \
: IE x2 Hh : § O Was Balloon
18 Jul ba Carlsbad, New Mexico QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4 Teiaby Suileen
20..5 O Was Aircraf
Ze J w as Aircraft
LOI iiss 1 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador O Probably Aircraft
§ ~ory =
: TR EPA HET ARS O Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . x Was Astronomical Jiuiitar] |
1 O Yes O Probably Astronomical '
i “8 Ne “jivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [ER 1) | OR NR AT PATER] HE FOR
: QO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 i 0 Unknown
Fo : 3.4 ls on 2 yr t n Ce i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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EES 48 58 48 KF £2. ARETE Orraslo Bd ph] was moving the wrong way
3 dole spson, “lnitial onsarvatio 8: jlagecendineg, Follow up indicated |
: ) J FE Yodes azimulng ‘hat the witness had varified the
1 I 1 ? Lear anc 10 deg pilav. 100 deolnbi as the evening stars Jupiter
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{ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998192

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Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Places

Carlsbad, NM New Mexico

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-07-01