Dawson Creek, B. C., Canada, September 1961September 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 Dawson Creek, B. C., Canada, September 1961 in September 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 43.

Reported location

Dawson Creek, B. C., Canada, September 1961

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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Gir PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | 2 :
I. DATE | | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
11 Sep 61 Basen Cpesk, By Cu, Canada 18 HE dion |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
ARN OTRAS RC XT Ground-Visvel 0 Ground-Redar a etry Miverels |
TT SRR 1-3 Ac (0) ARB wo 0 Air Viel B Ainintorcopy Rede |O POSy Rlverale
5. PHOTOS y R 0 Was Astronomical MereorZ_
QO Yes Probably Astronomicel
. XKNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 OI ei sssciisiacsssne
: | 8 i bb Data for Evaluation
~~ 3-L sec 1 N said TR |
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF $IGHTINGBall shaped ObJu Tas |, COMMENTS There were NO Known IreemRuries |
bright as a star, orange w/tail bursting into |at this time and direction of movement
a white light. Traveled in an arc fm S to N. would be wrong if there were. Characteristic!
It looked like a shooting star. are similar to those of a bolide which ha
. | entered Eazmth's atmosphere and exploded.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994531

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-09-01