Shimya, Japan To San Pedro (pacific), June 1963June 1963

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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 Shimya, Japan To San Pedro (pacific), June 1963 in June 1963. 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 48.

Reported location

Shimya, Japan To San Pedro (pacific), June 1963

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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' [. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a O Wos Ball
1 18-24 June 1963 Shimya,(Japgm;kg San Pedro o Sagal |
| [3 DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Roasitly:Baliean
| tel | fXGrewdVisa D Ground-Radar Sl al hh |
: Gun... Verious i LLnL B 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
. | 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| O Yes O Probably Astronomical
a Neo civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Xth owecatellite ECHO IT
0 hoe kay Dato for Evaluation
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Y [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING aE] 11. COMMENTS : ;
Seven observations of Satellite, presumed Observations conform with passage
| by observer to be same object. Had magnitude of Satellite ECHO I.
' pfVEGA. Observations made from British
PI [vessel MS Ascanius.
) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001361

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1963 1963-06-01