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Case FileNARA NAID 28992505 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Dallas, TexasMay 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 Dallas, Texas in May 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

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

May 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
: ot bid PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
3 12 May 1961 Dallas, Texas o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION # Fesumy Sunes
Local 1730 = 18 0 J Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar a bi ya
~ ; / / 5 M
CMT 12/2330 5 13/0030 a AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes O Probably Astronomical
I No Civilia 0 Possibly BPG
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IX OtherP0ss Birds
IX Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown !
3
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ree objects observed as they flew in It is probable that the objects
ad
circles S of the observers location. observed were birds reflecting bright
sunlight. There is little evidence
available in this report and it is
therefore, classed as "Insufficient
Evidence."
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992505

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Places

Dallas, TXTexas

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19611961-05-01

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