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Case FileNARA NAID 28997704 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Lake Britton, CaliforniaJune 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 Lake Britton, California in June 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Lake Britton, California

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

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 Waos Balloon |
1 ie Zz i [ake B © 6 Pre © i ‘113 |] Probably Balloon |
B S— en A ar eS A SE ee eR TRE er aah oie eps tA Pt PSH ET Feat o ei al Ball i
i 1'3. DATETIME GROUP [4 YYPeOF DASERVATION Gad ill Goedandd
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i | Local f8 LAGE E Aas 50 kB ESC ee) i ©, Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar tg fas Aircraft
i | | <2 Probably Aircraft
E TN SAAED AN . S & ir GIG Altre n »
(4 7 3 la Ri 4 530-1 YN) 7 = 0 Air-VYisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Fo Possibly Aircroft > i
E: ET TE TY i —————————pea ee EE Hioee Sara —————— eee Leas : " Fi
5. PHOTCS 4. SOURCE { 3° Was Astronomical WIS
g 0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
1 I No Civilian ° Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGT™ OF O33ERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BHO hire rl
E sag hrs 0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
, a) ar ETRE | soe mics te Ts 0 Unknown
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS rr showe a EENLE
1 Shooting objs in North/NW area, odd pSriof Loc BoLly tah. Arie Lie
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i fluttering flight, Second. obj n nid] ab, EO A iad
3 North coming at right angles to ls ll ce 0 RK max dun 8 Lhe rSel1ds
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