Gulkana, Alaska 6219N 14521W, March 1961March 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 Gulkana, Alaska 6219N 14521W, March 1961 in March 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

Gulkana, Alaska 6219N 14521W, March 1961

Date of incident

March 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

: : Sus PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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3 I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E Gulkana, Alaska 0 Wos Balloon
i 25 Mar 61 6219N 14521y 0 Probably Bolleon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION "TOUS Spawn
# th. MENG. 3 8 A R Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 es he og RR
4 GMT 2608002 O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rador ODO Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS el IE TS Yee Aslebani eat
Ek Yes O Probably Astronomical
5 a No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical |
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BBE
3 0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
; 10 sec 1 S=N
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Oy 5t yas rectangular, 1. COMMENTS itness stated that obit vas
E tapering to point. Size of baseball; bright white coasting, not moving #st. It is possible
i soa then tapering yellow. Seemed to be coasting, that obj was a meteor, and cold air
: Appeared and disappeared at 5° S to N (360° T)[. made it appear to move slower than it
q ctually was. However, due to there bei: g cn
3 nly 1 witness, this report is evaluated
s s Insufficient Data.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) o
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991970

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-03-01