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Case FileNARA NAID 28994001 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

N Highlands, CaliforniaAugust 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 N Highlands, California in August 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

N Highlands, California

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

CA / 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
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i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
STE Oe SG 3 0 Was Balloon {
ue a3 tng 61 N Highlands, California O Probably Balloon
BF | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION clit bilo fn
i : Tele 5 g O Was Aircraft
; a A — B Ground- Visual OQ Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
a EE a 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aireraft
i 5. PHOTOS « SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
E 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
a +0 Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE *0X Other P0335 Echo IT
3 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
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| SN 0 Unknown
20 min i B :
3 10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING (bit white, like pinhend|)). COMMENTS Description and £light peth arc
bright as lst magnitude star. Observed in N characteristic of satellite Echo I. Re-
] at 60° elev. Disappeared cver horizon in E. ported duration is slightly excessive, biybt
- considering the inability of a person to
; i | estimate time lapse accurately, duration
: vas probably shorter than reported. As
; 1 the Echo I passed N of witnesses positior
. moving SE, this was probably objt observed.
. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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