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Case FileNARA NAID 28992979 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Champaign Illinois, June 1961June 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 Champaign Illinois, June 1961 in June 1961. The full case file (5 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

Champaign Illinois, June 1961

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION i CONCLUSIONS
RE Oe po SR ’ bi 0 Was Balloon
: J Ju A NAINDALEN 1LLL1INO1S 0 Probably Bolloon
F - — i  r— —————— ————— S— Jp H hb 3 HE:
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION §. Tessny Swen
1 2 GA ~ . 00 Was Aircraft
EIB 1 Er Sh 0 - 8] -1 fy
BO poe o- Zn Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar £1 Probably Aircrafy
1 I \J JE JUN OL . " . ® \ ire
1 a tide 0 Ai~Visual 0 Air-intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS | 8 SOURCE 01. Was Astronomical not og
] 0 Yas | 0 Probably Astronomical
ChNo i Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
I 7. LENGTH OF O33ZRVATION | 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CH TRS ORS EAC AN
3 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: 2 A FEE SOE J Uni
30 seconas eirht (SJ Tes) 0 Unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 might objects, round in "V" formapion, Sighted No distance moved included and it is
1 almosk dire tly overh sad, Seccnd observer saw assumed Lhat disapuearancs was overhe:dd
1 only one liznt object and was unsure that it also. ihe constellation Bootes was
was anything except a star, iio air traffic diractly overhead at the time of the
. reported from local tower, Ovjects moved from sighting, and has several bright star:
3 3E to Ni, disappearing in about 30 seconds, forming a triangle, including the ls%
magnatude star Arcturmis., It is believdd
that the witness was looking at the
3 | constallation Bootes and that clouds
moving across the sky gave the illusich
| of movement to the objects, |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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