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Case FileNARA NAID 28996027 · T1206 Roll 44

Project Blue Book Case File

Humboldt, KansasJanuary 1962

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 Humboldt, Kansas in January 1962. 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 44.

Reported location

Humboldt, Kansas

Date of incident

January 1962

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
ci : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
j I. DATE "| 2 LocATiON 12. CONCLUSIONS
] 6 Jan 61 OD Wos Bolloon
umboldt, Kansas Q Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
5 20 Fé O Was Aicroft
bed 3 5 1 SR & Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Redor O Probably Airerofs
; oMT____06/23307 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Rodor (DO Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS of c B Wos Astronomicol Meteor
] O Yes O Probobly Astronomicael
B No Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
3 : 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ogi |) ER A
: ¢ O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
4 1-2 sez a D Unknown
RE one SW
- 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
Observer witnessed what he thought was a Cbservation of meteor,
1 satellite decay. Chservation aster sunsets
E. during twilight. Opject described as a ball
i of fire (whitish) moving toward the SW for
3 t-2 sec at which time it disintegrated.
1 : ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996027

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