Naha AB, Okinawa, June 1961June 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 Naha AB, Okinawa, June 1961 in June 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 42.

Reported location

Naha AB, Okinawa, June 1961

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3 { 1. DATE 2. LOCATION [12 CONCLUSIONS i
Gi : ey |
Bb Jun L val AD, l oi [2 Was Balloon {
! xs! Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ft —|B Possibly Balloon |
i x 2 ER to
| ET ER BE CR a 0 Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Radar -- pki ry raft |
| GMT Sober Serco Srna Ng i 0 AirVisual 0 Air-lntarcont Radar Lon rossibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS ER TE Ride
Yes , Ee Sen Bias 0 Probably Astronomical
3 Ne i - J.LV ‘ oa NE or rh 1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF D33ERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE “|B Other__Foss Satel lit |
. : : | J é “3 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluotion
A o ( - fn) Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
1 blue and white object appearing to be Movement, co sponds to a sat ol
| ged . * 1 : BB Er - . wr nd 2 oo. . R :
lighted but without tail or smcke moved at ooservation, Not verified, however |
k FEY SHIT AI Ea STD 1 fer | ~~ 5 3 aD 3 rine H 1 sv | ye 3 3 g 2 3 PY : .
1 JN Il Ao 25 I BL - vs . M2 od 44 . Hgish ves ] Be i A
over the horizon, | of Discoverer XIV of Samos TI . |
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a pe ES RSD
ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992985

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-06-01