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Case FileNARA NAID 28992937 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Nevada, 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 Nevada, 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

Nevada, 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
| 1. oaTE 2. LOCATION ; 12. CONCLUSIONS
GR “Te Neotr ‘ 0 Yos Balloon
2 chides {0 Probably Balloon
ED SR GE CHR Vai THOR TIN SCR ESRS Ls) Aan A raat] si k =
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION f CAST mem
) ) 8 &% : c 0. Wos Aircraft
Local _VOUV Sr ERA 1" Ground-Yisual 0 Ground-Rador cl Probably Aircraft
FI is ae Sailtly Alvevat
TY ERA BAL TC NR 0 Ai~Visual 0 Air-Intarcant Radar |o Possibly Aircrait : .
! 5. PHOTOS | & SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes | 00 Probably Astronomical
Ne ivilian 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVYATICON | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other... AAC Ri I LE Ma
| Orbitir 0 Insufficient Data for Evelustion
vil i | fg a_N 4 ; 0 Unknown
Vw - [4 - a. : | “J “tv re ad |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object of undetermined size, pe and color ne object was probably an a/c of the
yhserved through a theodolite by weather U-2 type. U=-2 flights are known to take
observer, C 4 arrived from Scuth and orbite place from Nellis AFB, Nevada and the
in area for 1/2 hours, disal ring heading | flizht characteristics anc altitude
west , Altitude estimated to ! 50-120,000 ft. support this conclusion.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992937

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