EAST INDIES 041405N 1061805E, May 1961May 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 EAST INDIES 041405N 1061805E, May 1961 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

EAST INDIES 041405N 1061805E, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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y : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION EAST JADICS 2. CONCLUSIONS
4 : : SH BE O Wos Balloon
g 13 May 61. O41LOSN 1061805E 0 Probably Bolloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
I 1850 : 0 Was Aircraft
4 Le A ER I AN WE I Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft
- oMT___ 1311502 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OD Was Astronomical
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
ENe Miliary O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 ONES
3 . BW Insufficient Date for Evaluation
E O Unknown
: 1 1/2 min 1
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, white objt size |[!). COMMENTSSpeed of objt was too fast for
F of second magnitude star. Traveled at high rake satellite in orbit and too slow for
3 of speed across sky. At sighting 60° bezring | meteor. It is possible that objt was
! 080. At disappearance 15 ° bearing 020. Head-| light on an a/c fm one of several
| ing 000, Lost in clouds on horizon. countries in the area. However, due to
3 lack of pertinent info a valid conclusipn
cannot be made,
a ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992513

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01