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Case FileNARA NAID 28995599 · T1206 Roll 44

Project Blue Book Case File

Gettysburg, South DakotaNovember 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 Gettysburg, South Dakota in November 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 44.

Reported location

Gettysburg, South Dakota

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

SD / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
1 A ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD pal
1 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 ; ; 0 Was Bolloon
15 Nov 61 Gettysburg, South Dakota O Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION S, Fevieky Buren
4 Xr X " 0 Wos Aircraft
Local FE te ¥B Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Probobly Aircraft
4 Bae AEUBERE eo DO Air Visvol 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS + SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical NeTee it
QO Yes BX Probably Astronomical
: I'No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I
3 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 4 ot 0 Unknown
E 1 min 1 SW ;
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGRcund objt waite to 1. COMMENTS bservation characteristic of
rE reddish color appearing as brilliant light , slow ncving neteor of long duration. Case
E similar to photo flash bulb. Cbserved at 45° evaluated as meteor.
elev disappearing on horizcn after straight
EF flight path; in view 1 min.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995599

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