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Case FileNARA NAID 28996361 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Salem, New YorkMarch 1962

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Salem, New York in March 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Salem, New York

Date of incident

March 1962

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECCRD CARD
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION je CONCLUSIONS
3 Ta Po Se % Est 1 Woes Balloon i
4 LL MRY Oa oalem, ew I0oIr'X 1 Probably Balloon i
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|© Possibly Bolloon
: E27 | TRE EE TI Sr IDA oh PA 3 ETO 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Raodar 0 Was Aircraft
. orf mp Qa Probably Aircraft
3 GMT DL/PS 23 <- NY O Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS i 8. SOURCE O. Was Astronomicol
OQ Yes | 1 Probably Astronomical
3 i a No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR RE bE A |
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 3 0 Unknown
E 3-4 nmin | 1 IN
| 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGRectan m1lar gold box 11. COMMENTS 0514 hox floated across oie
5 Ploated across sky. Box 12-14" by 3xi". Elev too high for mirage. Witness is
4 Color yellow gold (no shins). Square corners{lady 66 years old, no other observers.
: 3 Leo a CUE EA ) : TH ; ; A
: Appersed 2% 45° elev in 8S. Disappeared at 45° [Possible that she observed I ight fm
elev in N, ¥light level across horizon, window of passing afc. (Duration indicates
steady. Duration 3-4 min, Sighting at night. [possible a/c sighting.) However no
WX clear and cold. conformation and case is listed ac
1 unidentified.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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