Golden, ColoradoJuly 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 Golden, Colorado in July 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

Golden, Colorado

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

CO / US

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

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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}. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 0 Was Balloon
\J : . 0 Probably Balloon
pags eee see meee ee Ey a —————| [0 Possibly Balloo
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ibly Dalloon
. ys . c iQ Was Aircraft
nel acini {1 Ground-VYisual ©) Ground-Radar IP Probably Alscrolt
Possil ireral
emt 11/0874 | 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intarcept Rodar |o ossibly Aircralit
5. PHOTOS Ge SEATS ETRE 1 6. SOURCE ji 0 Vas Astronomical
0 Yes { {3 Probably Astronomical
| g . |o Possibly Astronomical
0 Ne a BEE RCIA Ah Comin oma SED Seats] le 2
7. LENGTH OF C35ZRVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other Eilon
\ 1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
|° Unknown
ATE ACI NILA TION AEN Bs SL ER Re Eo WOH
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 2. 103 [re COMMENTS | ic C Lt] ronduct if
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993392

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Places

Colorado Golden, CO

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-07-01