West Hollywood, FloridaMarch 1961

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from West Hollywood, Florida in March 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 41.

Reported location

West Hollywood, Florida

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

in I YE A DAT A CT vo YT A A ACN af SM ES WP ERR ALs chitd di  TEL RET TY . v : _
| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ~ 112. concLusions + |
y 3 Wos Balloon
14 Mar 61 West Hollywood, Florida [8 Probably Bellon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TT
: O Was Aircraft
ADO lI hii X Ground- Visual D Ground-Radur Q Probably Aircraft
omt__ 1900252 es O AirVisual O Air-Interc spt Radar | 3 Possibly Aireraft
5. ‘PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes O Probably Astronomical |
B No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl OT cna
. ; 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10 nin 1 N-SSE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt located 30° SE of |1). COMMENTS Investigating officer reports
star Sirius. Moved very rapidly. Letter re- that after investigating incident, info |
| questing additional info received indicating | indicated that objt was a balloon. |
: report sent in with conclusion that objt was
weather balloon. Repcrt not received in FTD.
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ; : i |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991854

Connected across the archive

Places

Florida West Hollywood, FL

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-03-01