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Case FileNARA NAID 28994006 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Point Pleasant, New JerseyAugust 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 Point Pleasant, New Jersey in August 1961. The full case file (6 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

Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: |
! : OD Anes 4 Batnt Ponca § FRENTE, JL 3 Was Balloon
Q Ag ol S04 iL leasant, New Jersey 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION di Becket
yd ] 1204 AM pin 0 Was Aireraft
GMT__ 1708" 0 Air Viswal 0 Air-Intercept Radar LISP, TRVETRIY
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE O Was Astronomical.
0 Yes o Probably Astronomical
Ne civilian O Possibly opie
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B< Other_S2tallite
OQ Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown 3
: 10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Satellite moving Go. 11. COMMENTS “cho not area. Possible
satellite, however, info hot available
| tO determine exactly which one. Since
obscrver considered objt as satellite and
| + |lobjt moving in proper direction case is
carried as satellite. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 82) : :
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