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Case FileNARA NAID 29000092 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Mayaguana, BAHAMA, ISLANDS, January 1963January 1963

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 Mayaguana, BAHAMA, ISLANDS, January 1963 in January 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Mayaguana, BAHAMA, ISLANDS, January 1963

Date of incident

January 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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k Ee 05 11 247 0 Air Visual B Alsinfsra ent Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft i
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"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other
3 Sa Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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© |10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
© |Object similar to large star observed NORAD/ADC ruled out known satel-
© |moving at estimated 50 mile altitade lites, Missile schedule not |
. with speed of 2,550 mph, Heading 5 dgr available to correlate possible | tl
© |south of due east. Described as pin- ICBM, Possibility of satellite
© |point of light. In sight for 4 minutes or missile not ruled out but sub-
Fo at which time it disappeared over the stantiating data not available
© |nhorizon. Apparent straight flight, at this time, Case considered as
gE insufficient data,
. ATIC FORM 3129 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000092

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