Okinawa & Vicinity, 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 Okinawa & Vicinity, May 1961 in May 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

Okinawa & Vicinity, May 1961

Date of incident

May 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

EL 4
: . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
PRA - da Sy Ph 0 Woes Balloon
- vay ol Okinawa & Vicinity 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION §:.Foswy Sones
Lr; 0 Was Aircraft
RN a - -
Local a xX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodor 0 Probably Aireroft
GMT 0514172 XX Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
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5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Me Teo le
O Yes BD Probably Astronomical
B No Military O Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
ap isn a 0 Unknown
3-5 sec b 3 SE-ITW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Size and shape of dime [1]. COMMENTS Co jt moved in wrong direction
held at arm's length. Greenish white with tailfor it to have been a satellite reentry.
about twice the length of body of objt. No pjt has all characteristics of a very
exhaust; no sounds. High speed; high intensity bright type of meteor called a fireball.
lignt. fngle of elevation aprox 20° above Juration and apparent long flight path
horizon arcing upward fm SE to NW. suggests a very high meteoric speed.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992397

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01