Project Blue Book Case File
Wisconsin Dells, WisconsinJune 1961
Summary
On the night of June 30 to July 1, 1961, a witness in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin reported seeing a circular, orange object in the sky. The sighting occurred at 0105 (1:05 a.m.) on July 1, according to the case file. The object was described as moving slowly and heading southwest.
The Air Force recorded the sighting and classified it as "unknown" in their evaluation. However, the OCR quality of this case file is poor, making it difficult to extract specific details about how the investigation was conducted, what additional witnesses may have been involved, or what evidence was gathered beyond the initial report. The file contains multiple pages but the text is severely garbled in sections, obscuring key investigative findings and technical analysis that would normally appear in Project Blue Book records.
The case file does show that this sighting was logged and circulated to multiple Air Force offices, including Truax Field in Wisconsin and the Air Force's intelligence arm. However, the specifics of their investigation conclusions remain unclear due to the OCR degradation.
The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, spanning 12 pages of microfilm.
Reported location
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Date of incident
June 1961
State / country
WI / US
Page count
12 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unknown
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 42