Yokota Japan, 3410N 13706E, April 1961April 1961

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 Yokota Japan, 3410N 13706E, April 1961 in April 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

Yokota Japan, 3410N 13706E, April 1961

Date of incident

April 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
) Apr 6! Yokota Japan, 341CH 37004 O Wes Balloon
AE Soh ’ : : xt O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
0 Was Aircraft
Local Sy mp TT: - » Ground-Yisual 0 Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircraft
as 7/100 Sn . :
TT eed LUV Es a B-Air Viel O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical licteor
0 Yes 4 fl. Probably Astronomical
B-No L1i1%ary 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Othe es
are O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
=5 Sac one Jescendin O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |". COMMENTS
i r nt white v jescenc=| “bject has al. character stics o FS A
Irn 1 al: 4 rancCee meLelle
tail unt \r . i a short tralde. i
vary * ’ cal : cawbdcallv,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992046

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-04-01