Reno Nevada, April 1961April 1961

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Reno Nevada, April 1961 in April 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 42.

Reported location

Reno Nevada, April 1961

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Ge 0 Wos Balloon
2 Apr 61 Reno Nevada oO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local 2335 8G round- Vi sual DO Ground-Radar a. Was Aircraft
gn rm AX Probably Aircraft
omy_03/07352 Amr 61 D AirVisual DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
E%Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (] dd ETRE ERR SUN HL RN
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
5 Minutes one N=S Q Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ciect shape oi crizht star vith yellow tint “anuevers are tyoical OL Dein. It 48
! observed airscilv svernead noving N to 35, possible that the State atrcl could
No discernable ea: res, 0 sound, ovement S| nave oeen matrolinz the nishwav in a
| ne iud 3LOD for "-2 seconds in irrecular nelicopter, or a livht ine from one
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992029

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-04-01