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Case FileNARA NAID 28992598 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Northern California and Southern Oregon, May 1961May 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 Northern California and Southern Oregon, May 1961 in May 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

Northern California and Southern Oregon, May 1961

Date of incident

May 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
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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
sO Rorthaern California and 00 Was Balloon
3 gba *d PB LT Re 0 Probably Balloon
Be E —— 24 1.
3. DATE-TIME G20CUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
’ me ’ 0 Was Aircraft
de Grounds "
Local SESE —————— fl Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar [1 Probably Aireraft
TURE 9 3 Ne RE RE I «8 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol i Joo
| & C Yes 3 Probobly Astronomical
¥ No 111 4k me nd C441 4nay J Possibly Astronomical
; AERA A SESE REINER KT Lol bi IB me Sash lemma ioe NASCAR
7. LENGTH OF D3SERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ELL Cn Se CR FO
. | 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 Unknown
1 A] ele ! 1 -l
{ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Knuni ball, size of pr COMMENTS y+ bit was observed fm
juarter, reddish orange. Had smoke end contraill. widely scattered areas of Northern Calif
4 Appeared 15° ab ve horizon at aprox 270°, Dis-| and Southern Oregon. Cbjt displayed all
1 appeared 3° to 5° off horizon, characteristic f meteor, and there is
3 no data available indicating this was nds
- 3 y we 9 3 oe 1s 2 4 . 2% [N ade 2 3
; 8 Biever, LELLS 49) aus LOT] k Sul 22052 4 4
4 by fact that objt was seen over such a
* ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992598

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