Waco, Texas and Janes Connally AFB, Texas (3138N 9705W), May 1961May 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 Waco, Texas and Janes Connally AFB, Texas (3138N 9705W), 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

Waco, Texas and Janes Connally AFB, Texas (3138N 9705W), 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

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i RS A A ARCO ADs LE Eo A FR ALO SEUSS
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Wace Texas ¢ anes Connally
TREAD - iy 2) gs oi and Janes » ii tem 0 Was Balloon
I 15 May O1 AFB, Texas (31308 9705%W) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
i 0115 = Vi E 0 Was Aircrafr
RT RAAT EER EIN Sea & Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 1 Probably Aircraft
eMT__1507187Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE J Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
3 8 No Militery and Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
s “7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE MR © FE ORO GA
3 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
sid 0 Unknown
fe £-10 min 1 i N-S
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, size of pinhead, |" tums oN of this sighting was probdoly
bright white, Traveled N-S, generally erratic,| an a/c. An a/c 8 miles high and appeari 3
i during fir st four minutes would stop and go, and disappearing at ele angles reported
no straight course was maintained, Faded, by witness would have a ground speed of
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rebrightened then disappeared. Appeared 30° N.| 375K if reported times are correct. Tru
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Jisappeared 10” S, airspeed required to make good such a
4 ground speed would be %00X, Description
nade by witnesses is not unlike appearance
of lights of an a/c,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992559

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-05-01