govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28993692 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Misawa AFB, Japan, July 1961July 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 Misawa AFB, Japan, July 1961 in July 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

Misawa AFB, Japan, July 1961

Date of incident

July 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
- er Te [LE ER
- > y b
~
DOA ISCT 1a RECHRI ADE
iRUJIC0 ET DUS EUV RD { Ar
RP BA og dO cs hs es Me a is i ms A RA i i Su oda besten st ib “
5 DATE | “ “oe TH 13d 2 a a 00 ce Brean PRR. Pa 5b ova eh
) 2. LOCATION TT Te
: ; } fide INCLUSIONS |
i ~ - " Tat !
i PPE Ts f< 1 ) . { Vow Hall
| Feel RY Bt 18 CER 0 3 MY Sar TR a ro Hear ‘es Balloon
{ 14). HAW a Wd 3 IR “im t - \ > " 1
di ar SR itl pe re] Eo As Sad t (0 Probably Balloon {
-~ ’ eT - CoE TET ith fy Bien. Satna Ad Ghana sade irs « diate 4 Sin Siinansipedatind TY 3 «Lt % |
} 3. DATE-TIME GROUI 4 TYPE OF OQSERVATION | Possibly Balloon §
i 3 377% & |
{ Lacal L&aiY Ee ede LV \ on OE (B15 JN Ni af
\ CO ds ie wid i shot diy spa Sho Sis i oibaisiisb { Sa Lroung- Visue 0 Grovnid-Hedor oar Yas Aurcrait |
so 3 Peoria A : i
| ” [8] Pi Bw Be | x rs i B- F robobl Y Airerasy
- - ACN / “ Py |
GW 2a FAI ed { CAS a Vata? “t i . : U toys aibi Alrvrul
| ee a Aie Visual (1 Air-lntercept Radar | Moy edi 12 A fotos beh
roy ~ 3 ~ —— A ——— ———— —— ———— ——— ——————— Pe Sa a Abdali @ow os i
| 5 PHOTOS ' 4, SOURCE YA YE RT I ET { /&
| ' J Cp BX] i" s “of
¢ 0 Yes 82, Was Asteonomical METLCRL J
1] d “«. =I h Ya - 3
{ i i SO pws Ep .} s A
Li Proabobly Astrenomical {
i j Er a a 4 fF it i
| Ne | Military |D Possibly Astronomical
i | , i —— Ei i A pa dp Scio a i Ui
[9 y enpTd AR O81ERY EA % BRT fe Le eli ce SS SH Te]
1'7. LENGTH OF. CRBIZRY / Rio MEQ AF OJIECTS 2 OY RaE =O
) RYATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Be they Li
| ita SR A Sadi a diis
iM PR 4 SPT fF . *
L fasufiicient Dato for Evaluation
: - \
| , Is | ] { 1 1} Lin rnown
fmm PARI so id itm is wo onsraini a . oli i i J
ET A TT AL rE TE GE RT EET SESE STR rary RTS PUP Eo arr 1) ST OBI
1 3. ARISE SU JX! WAR ’ OF Si GH TING 1 hate 218 S)- rye 9 ee fy - MAENT & Ms 4 J) i 8 Lai . en tem an ge
IW} ro 3 PS = A 5) FLEE CJC Oo J FRA SATIS "N= RH Bn I DTOCDAL | <r
| gr - } a) y ® N . { 5 2th > pcan At aaeladend <5 JURA o td de « LLY
a3 Lolo Boty ~1 1S pe Voy de eu Y wry | av DU 7) oa PU <i - ud hast wv
HAS PO LILY py LEAL asguilvalell : i 2nd LE Sta 4" i 2 slow meteor. " Dnaeanee of “ feng 4g) 5 PS Vh | [
Fax a - r= ~0 - RN) . SN of 2 | a6" Fat rma te datnbo br es y TR med
1 NC ANY / ~~ SNL ee a Le lr $e Bp) & or . t o =
lopservea (vu Ove NnNorlizon at ~ 34 oy 7 - rosy EIRP RE CRS Pp | Fk EA ‘ +n 3
VE SL iS 100Ve nNoOYrilizon at «QU dd. in visw | pronab. AE © og od oe uted to re latdively lo \
“| 2 « J ae or Ne - Ql Godt Ke TR VIN BR G8 whl Ay J
Lys iat du ni + K TERETE, FP TRA “ : § Was Tl ost
! . ) 1 nar yr HIEEE- RE SE Rs Adel A. JSR 1 z $
jo. JOLIE RL Sek psp ood ing pehind ODLELITUCT LONE a l aralactity of moateory ang F FIER 74, eg
- he w- Lo ~ —. J tw - ~~ ] 1 \ 2 | LW J 1 ; ¥ fa hi EN a} ts 1
{OW i 4 1 2 LIL A Le, OL NS Ger <li SF coo wee 0 915 ne to
30% alley of O80Dnz dons $ sh £74 Wt I A By is - seach QUES LO |
j= eleV al Yih d DCL 3 EL 1 He, io Xe a 11 CCN Sh PE i - $a . A 3
i = dle DULLIGLLLIV LL Lyi W/, 1836. | TULL oon GALS VoL] a DRITLENL LENT t 1
| fasaCla ATLA WALL Joe 1 PANNA NOY TY " + a wid Be Sh % . BN .
| | 18 ProLel.LC COSL Hever wee 46 120t £ oh
A.1) LEE p's GH
: \ : ) § ‘ i
| M110 “ NYY CP FAIS 1] Lh $e BR dais % a ]
sucilt a L0ONg Per lO of time was due to
: Ry i Rb Co
i { some overestimation on pers AT rt rias
| ¥ N ER ~~ I Cl il AL YliTT Doe |
H |
: H
|
|
!
| |
| | |
ll | i
PRRTT———— AE Sen ————— —— —————— —————————————— BS AT 5 — ———- — J i
eer AO ne A mA Be Bre ea ee Ths
on SER Cup CRRA Ca ER LE RT GU PR CPO BW Sn BIO SOA AS:
. 4
.
hb FRR SRL be RL a sktan =A nie |
EA a Sis hsb ha A 5 io it
pr h .
i
i
| 3
it
k
) ] g: 7 ; :
i 2 Be :
f ¥ FF /
|
| 4 f
| od g
/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993692

Connected across the archive