Humboldt, Sask, Canada, February 1961February 1961

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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 Humboldt, Sask, Canada, February 1961 in February 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 41.

Reported location

Humboldt, Sask, Canada, February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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{ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 O Wos Balloon
i 17 Feb 61 : Humboldt, Sask, Canada | Lrebunly Belen
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ee won
3 Ea in B Ground- Visual ~ O Ground-Rodar 8 Probably Adrerafs
oMT__1722177Z QO Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rader OD Possibly Aireralt |
| 5. PHOTOS | . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QO Yes OD Probably Astronomical |
2 No Civilian a ay yd |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bn Other Proh satellite
d . 0 te hog Data for Evaluation
| 6-8 min 1 WNW hin
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright red-orange, size |): COMMENTSchapacteristics of objt are
1 of pea, trail 4 times size of objt. Seen at those of a meteor. However, duration
15° elevation. is quite excessive. More probably re-
: entry of 1961 Gamma 4. Color and burning
of objt on straight flight path with
] : some breaking up, characteristic or re-
: entry.
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
| 3 : /
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CL EY NY BR A ST A ST TR 3

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991476

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-02-01