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Case FileNARA NAID 28994392 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Las Lunus, New MexicoSeptember 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 Las Lunus, New Mexico 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

Las Lunus, New Mexico

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

NM / US

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
: il FE A - he ll TE TI EOF A A OA Bt HRB AF A HH "
LB TL PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ta |
| .
' } \. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
/ 2 Sep 61 las Lunus, New Mexico a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO. Possibly Balloon |
é O Was Aircraft |
UOTE J XB Ground-Visvel Q Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircroft |
-— 0220152 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS « SOUR O Was Astronomical i
0 Yes O Prebably Astronomical pot
TNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DIN iin
: BX Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
1 ; O Unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGS 11very, Shing objt, 3' |. COMMENTS Limited info. Insufficient data
long fell to ground. data to form valid conclusion. Apparently
: no effort to obtain objt made by obser-
: ver. Interviewing officer felt that objt
a : viewed was reflection, however case listed |
as insufficient data. |
; \ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Gn | /
4 : : *
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