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Case FileNARA NAID 28999501 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Upper Volta, Africa, October 1962October 1962

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 Upper Volta, Africa, October 1962 in October 1962. The full case file (2 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 46.

Reported location

Upper Volta, Africa, October 1962

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7-8 October 1962
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT - - -

2. LOCATION: Upper Volta, Africa

12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkbox options: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Was Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkbox] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Interception Radar

5. SOURCE: Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]

8. COURSE: fell to ground

9. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes Physical Specimen [Checkbox] No

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Additional piece of metal found about 40 in similar piece of metal recovered on 5 October 1962. IR 1497987.

11. COMMENTS: Evaluated as section of Atlas Booster by identification numbers on the metal.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999501

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Organizations

FTD WPAFB OhioUSAFE Lindsey

Places

Ivory CoastOuagadougou, Haute VoltaUpper Volta, Africa

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19621962-10-015 October 19627-8 October 1962

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