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Case FileNARA NAID 28996238 · T1206 Roll 44

Project Blue Book Case File

Winnemucca AFB, NevadaFebruary 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 Winnemucca AFB, Nevada in February 1962. 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 44.

Reported location

Winnemucca AFB, Nevada

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

NV / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 RABARG boosie
] I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; j O Was Ball
12 Feb 62 Winnemucca AFB, Nevada O Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W madny Bll sen
3 TR LR A Re O Ground- Visual XO Ground-Rador g acd ny
4 GMT 12/ 16062 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
“-{ 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE (n] an Sstreomiedt i
E Dy oP Ast i
I. Biba Military O Possibly Astronomieal
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other
4 tL Insufficient Data for Evaluation
El 5 min one not given 0 Unknown
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 fadar painted 1 large target considered to Report was received and sent to radar
| fg be out of the ordinary because of the height |analysis branch for evaluation. Con-
4 and range. Altitude given as aprearing at sidered to be a definite object, however
: 74,000 and disappearing at 96,000 when it without the tracking data including
1 disappeared from scope due to score limita- range and azimuth no attempt to determine
y tions. No angle or azimuth given. Cbject on |the nature of the cbject was made.
scope for 5 min.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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