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Case FileNARA NAID 28992147 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Sheridan, WyomingApril 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 Sheridan, Wyoming in April 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 42.

Reported location

Sheridan, Wyoming

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

WY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 Apr 61 Sheridan, Vyoming O Was Balloon
; 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 1430 BGround-Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0/APZ apr 61 a Probably Aircraft
TY : Fe 0 Air Vial O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
0 Yes PATRI O Probably Astronomical
EB Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Osha OU 00AS oe
Sh he Cne None O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3cc0oNnas . 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i COMMENTS ; ear wey Ra
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992147

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