Fort Edward, New YorkAugust 1961

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 Fort Edward, New York in August 1961. 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 43.

Reported location

Fort Edward, New York

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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J & 7 Aug 61 Fort Edward, New York ‘8 Probably Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP Ti Sverrmmrmieeeeeesereerm——————————o—— no ssibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP k TYPE OF OBSERVATION ey, Ne
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J (RRL AS AC So SR Q Ground: Visual round-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
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GMT Q00230 & 1002457, | 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS | 3. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
CO Yes | O Probably Astronomical
2X8 No Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
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7. LENGTH OF C3SERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TI iii hui
168% wa DOPE. comer md i 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Ww had G' N/ 2 £5) FAGAN an |
bi & i i ! # ; ; of 0 Unknown
=Nd-= 15 nin 1 Random then BE
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round objt white, dull [1. COMMENTS Due to release of weather ;
Fellow w/ Light cbserved on different days with balloons in area at approx time of sightings
] seme characceristies. Speed faster than jet. and wltness thax reference to similaritt +o
s0t reddish tint in distance. Speed increased | balloons coupled with similar flight pai-
with distance, 1st sighting 20-25 min; 2md terns of balloons it is probable that
1> min. Random movements fading to E. sightings were balloons.
ATIC FORM 325 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993914

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Places

Fort Edward, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-08-01