Sasebo, Japan, August 1961August 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 Sasebo, Japan, August 1961 in August 1961. The full case file (4 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

Sasebo, Japan, August 1961

Date of incident

August 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 100673 RECORD CARD
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
SH INCI 0 TB Ba 0 Was Belloon
LR ug od wAaLselQ,  JiLplll 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | TEENIE. SWINON
ye " 0 Was Aircraft
rsa TE <3 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar (a ] Probably Alreraft
0d WY Ts 2 oii 4
CMT. 2b oo Q Air Visual QO Air-Intarcapt Radar O Possibly Alrcrafe
5. ‘PHOTOS . SOURCE a Was Astronomical
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
“1 Ne Military DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. O33ZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OTN bilimbi
) O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
WON ly | ; O Unlenown
] 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING L ObJG CLseYved as 11. COMMENTS ./ould appear to be neteor ex > GC
red orange exhaust trall great speed disappeaned for interval of diseppearance, Insufficie
and reappesred with no obstruction to account | Data.
for disappearance. Sighted 25° elev 175° az.
A Disappeared after horizontal flight in clouds.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
E ES SRA a ARE Ce gr ER CP Fa DAH OTR RW E LR Aheis fnk na H RAL oes 7 IIR .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993836

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-08-01