Ryukyti, Islands (Okinowa), January 1951January 1951

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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 Ryukyti, Islands (Okinowa), January 1951 in January 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Ryukyti, Islands (Okinowa), January 1951

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : |
0 Vos Bolloon
27 Jan 51 ______|___ Ryukytf, Islands (Okinowa) GC Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP y 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  |9 Pesdily Balleen
TE RRR CT RAN Se DO Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Probably Aircraft
GMT 21/07252 & Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercopt Rador O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 8. "SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes Q Probobly Astronomical
B No F-80 Pilots 0 Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE tc Other Contrails
. 8 © ern Deta for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ” COMMENTS
Speed High. Color was white, Shape Vapor trails! Evaluated as contrails,
Alt 35,000. F~£0's could not identify A/C
leaving trail.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939022

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Ryukyti

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-01-01