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Case FileNARA NAID 28992455 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Jueau, AlaskaMay 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 Jueau, Alaska in May 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

Jueau, Alaska

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

AK / 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
dre PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5: 3 0 Was Balloon
10 May 61 Jueau, Alaska 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
A
Ei RE ees 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar . Bechebly Airarel
GMT 11 O72 ) 7 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 3 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
‘0 Neo Civilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Omer Satellite
. O Insufficient Deto for Evaluation
- an 0 Unk
+10 min 1 SE ied
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 bright objt size of stpr COMMENTS Request for satellite Tracking
appearing to be in orbit moving fm NW to SE at| info sent but no reply to message recel d.
nigh constant speed. However, since all characteristics of
satellite including speed and direction
are present it is assumed that this is
Echo I.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992455

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