Valhalla Centre, Alberta, Canada, May 1961May 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 Valhalla Centre, Alberta, Canada, May 1961 in May 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

Valhalla Centre, Alberta, Canada, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

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 ;
’ l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
THF BP PaaS Na Ee Ir £7 Yas Balloon
iC May ©l1 Valhalla velsrl'e, ALD ert A, Lonada|p Probably Balloon
3. DATE-T 4% GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ¥ Tne pe :
, “62 i 0 Was Aircroft |
Loceai ESS ats eoeoseebamiopla; tF Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Roder O Probably Aircrafr
GMT __~{V22(4 QO Air Visual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE DD Was Astronomicel
0 VYes 0 Probably Astronomical |
4 No Civilian © Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GL ARI Re
OO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ronn orcngz obJh 11. COMMENTS ;¢ 15 possibie that ob jt
like small star moving across sky to E. observed by witness was an afc light,
a satellite, or a meteor. Howsver, duratlion
of sighting was not reported, and other
pertinent info is missing. As there was
only 1 witness to sighting, this report lis
I 3 categorized as insufficient data.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992584

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01