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Case FileNARA NAID 28997762 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Hallet Station, Antarcticia, June 1962June 1962

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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 Hallet Station, Antarcticia, June 1962 in June 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Hallet Station, Antarcticia, June 1962

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 3s CONCLUSIONS
4 ye ~ ri i LEE Ea Cosa E 3 1s Was Balloon {
3 22 Jun 62 jrraliec station, Antarétici; {0 Probably Balloon
] 3. DATE-TIMZ CROUP Be TYPE OF O835ERVATION . Possibly Balloon
! MEMES Gale ER Giound Vista 0 Ground-Raodar D Was Aircraft
> i 0 Probably Aircraft
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E Ch 122/03037 to 022572 | 0 Ai~Visua! O Air-Intercept Radar | 5 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTCs | 6 SOURCE QL Was Astronomical Motor
: C Yes i [a Probab Astronomical
4 SS Ne IMilita ry 3 Possibly Astronomical
3 rr pe pe lt tr dod SL A OE RR
7. LENGTH 07 OB3ERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF 08JECTS | 9. COURSE Er OhBra Sele hel Ch |
A | OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i | Real a 0 Unknown
3 2 secs f one NN —-SOK
0. BRIER SUMMARY OF SiONTNG.. tooo) A ri
10, BRIZZ SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS
fp in obj leaving a smoke or v por trail vas observe im Detachment Alpha F
3 -fAntarcticia, The obj was rpted to be ble 3 thter than a first ma PF mbar:
E white in color & to have moved fm a sah ring of 340dgr to 345der at nN
k elev of 7dzr. The duration of this sightin } Was approx 2 se po This Obj
3 was probally a very bri shit meteor known| as a fireball, Fig balls are a
rare class of meteor, brighter than -3L0 ma 5 8susl liticolored, ofée:
i leaving a very evident t rail & are of kelatively 1 ) uration, The trail
; lovt by these meteors appear as smoke Hurino davli ihre luring dark-
: 1688 display many eaT~obbPear as gn et ola ToL IAB 2 EL, bogs pong Bard 14
i ERR AN > GlS] Lely 1a ly CO inl de AlallS LO : 0} LAL TVA LS 1dVE D = lS QO > LUCY
4 Finds in the upper atmo sphere, fi1lty mple zone, ¥ suzh emmaensy strono
3 ars ag Dr, Fred Whipnle, Harvard & Di, Che gles P, Oliver, Universit of,
4 £nn, Since these trgilg may persist for xshr or more , 1t 1s hot unusual
4 for them to be distored by these winds: =
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 3EP 52) :
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