Kelowna, B. C. Canada, September 1961September 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 Kelowna, B. C. Canada, September 1961 in September 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 43.

Reported location

Kelowna, B. C. Canada, September 1961

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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| ol PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | |
I. DATE wl 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 Sep 61 Kelowna, B. C. Canada - Probobly Belleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tn |
2010 0 Was Aircraft
Local  —— xR Greund- Visual DO Greund-Rador a Pp robobly Kiverelt |
GMT 0 102 0 AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS . R O Was Astronomical Meee
QO Yes {3X Probably Astronomical
BNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO acimim—
- ihm bbib Date for Evaluation |
5-10 sec 1 Descending ow j | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Red objt, size of dime. |1). COMMENTS Objt possesses all characteristjcs|
Continuous discent. of meteor. There is no evidence available
: which indicates that objt was anything
other than a meteor or that it was a |
+ | possible threat to national security of
4 U.S. Probably a meteor.
: |
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
| /
| ! : ‘
1 bp es TEER RE Fabia Te EERSTE Si

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994445

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-09-01