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Case FileNARA NAID 28990835 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

Lexington, KentuckyJanuary 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 Lexington, Kentucky in January 1961. The full case file (6 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

Lexington, Kentucky

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

KY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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| olan ~~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE © 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; : g . 0 Was Boiloon |
| 9 Jan 61 Lexington, Kentucky 0 Probably Balloon
«| 3. DATE-TIME GRGUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Possitay Betton
1800 * Vi y DO Wes Aircraft
i Local penis oe icp pep eT mea ® Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 1 Probably Aircraft
cM I [in 207 = | 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
ETE CT Ee 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF C235ERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IRR
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluction
: A L$ D0 Unknown
Approx 20 min. 1 Generally West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| A small white streak was observed for Cbject of this sighting was probably
approx 20 min. by 2 witnesses in Lexington, and a/c with non-persistent con-
xy, Streak was watched until if faded out densation trail. Trail was probably
in W. When last viewed by witnesses it 1iluminated by sun due to its height
. appeared as a speck. Object was reported to | and location to the W of the witnesses
be moving generally toward the W. location. Sun set at 1707 exact.
Description given by these witnesses
parallels that given by others of
this same phenomenon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 15 STP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990835

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