Miyako Jima Air Station, June 1961June 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 Miyako Jima Air Station, June 1961 in June 1961. 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 42.

Reported location

Miyako Jima Air Station, June 1961

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
EE A ————————————— issn sitbatrtnbtioanesboaiastas
lI. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
eB 2 s eo Jir 3 Ybatior lo Was Balloon
Asa ; FA i : J Probably Bealicon
TT To 7 pm er i re TCR SR A SO ASN EGS eC Dossil Balls
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION E EYEE Tae
4 Pr 11.04 Re ; - 1 Was Aircraft
¢ | 4) - % -Re " 4
RO Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft |
I ie D Air~Visual O Air-intsrcept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS SEnEns SHE = b. SOURCE if { Sh Ei iE Bhs Tr a Was Astronomical
O Yes ; 2 0 Probobly Astronomical
p No plita ry an Yivilian oO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION |. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fo Omer INIDENTIFIZD
| { 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
5 minntaa ! on NeeS | 7 Unknown
) minute: :
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING " COMMENTS
arm's length, blue-wnite, A ared to be lig ped excessive, Ballo would hzve been
Color an ne comparabl to a star, Aopearet Wing inst the wind at altitudes
»87 A ie . 4 - IE al Sd ’ Ca wwii oe Fat pe i JV ALL “ > 8 |
: at 00 deg elevation to the North with co pas i bov 24 ft. Sneed mich too s i
T ing < deg. Disappeare y ) deg clex 33 LOX a/c, Ih Als ol v gle 3
bo t) th with a com 3s reading of 190 def, sufficient, however no conclusion can
| Y \WCY08SS Lhe s : I He ra wo WOUTL SE LI) SbLpd Ue I'C i A A nic Ba 2 LS ” as
ATIC FORM 329 (R2V 256 32P 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992923

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-06-01