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Case FileNARA NAID 28992177 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Vicinity Reidsville, GeorgiaApril 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 Vicinity Reidsville, Georgia in April 1961. The full case file (6 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

Vicinity Reidsville, Georgia

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

GA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Apr 61 Vicinity Reidsville, Georgia 0 Was Balloon
q 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BD Peslily Selless
Local SE SCRE 0 Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar - Po p
£/09107 Aor 61 wy a Po: reid pt
GMT 25/07104 ~2T © i Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar BOGY meee
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
YO Neo Military DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 4 O00 ce se———
§ / Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
I. min 35 sec Une Bails 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : ES : 11. CQMMENTS : ie ER
tap shaped chi.ct 2C°nroX S1zZE Os rolaris Drect was ap arently moving ln tae
nd white in color observed sitnin a degree gr Same direction as the aircraft of the
| wo of ti star Polaris, ostimated altitude ttness., Duration of the sichting
5 50-81 leg, IT this position ob =CT 1d pe toc short for an object withi
.: gap- @nrec over the horizon ‘mio the twilight the arth's atmosphere, (oject aprears
ne mgt as the 3 ;a3 apoearing on wt | tc be Satel ite, nowever a check wit
sa tant 1 2 gtoady stralsht | 3e wack indicated that the objec
IVE AON . -\. - SE |
rae slicntly ssonvergzing with the a/c ad i : gh f 5
y ’ " « = a | 4 VE ig ’ wala .
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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