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Case FileNARA NAID 28992900 · T1206 Roll 42

Project Blue Book Case File

Winston-Salem, North CarolinaJune 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 Winston-Salem, North Carolina in June 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

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

NC / 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
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION “|72. ConcLusioNs 1
: 1 Jun 61 Winston-Salem, Nort! aro 4 lo Was Bolloon
; 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sot Sie 1 . FOsy DeRien |
El i Es iiiisdibitaiiios 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raodar a Was Aircraft 6 |
: ATR Zn Ia Probably Aircraft !
CMT_= AVE NIE LR A, 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intsrcapt Radar i Possibly Aircraft |
i. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE EE I YR [9] Vlas Astronomical
E 0 Yes | [1 Probably Astronomical
Xo No Civilian | 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |D Other SRA
] SEEN x pga | Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
5.6 t nutes hree . riven |o Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ” COMMENTS RE SE MR
Myoe bright white lights in triangular FE vestigat r officers conf d that |
formation moving abt a spesd © Bter than jet a/c wer in the area during the
normal jet a/c. No sonnd, Followed stra icht time of the sighting. There 1s no
f1igh: path into horizon, In sight for 5-0 reason to believe that the sighting
mimites, No estimate on altitude, | was of anything other than ese a/c,
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Aen TE RE SER Sr OU CS RENEE
- ATIC FORM 119 (RIV 25 SEP 352)
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