PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8682999

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1961

REPORTED LOCATION4150N3336W ATLANTIC

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
12. CONCLUSIONS
1. DATE LOCATION Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
415ON 33361(ATLANTIC) 0 Possibly Bolloon
11 May 61 0
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft
2047 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 000 Probably Aircraft
Local Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
GMT. 11,2247Z AirVisual 0 Was Astronomical
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Probably Astronomical
Yes 0 Possibly Astronomical
No Military Other Echo I
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 0 Unknown
20 min 1 NE
11. COMMEN $Objt t was determined to be
10. satellite Echo I.
large as first magnitude star.
ATIC PORM ATIC FORS CR 26 SEP 52)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
AF IN : 50063 (12 May $1N /M I N G
ACTION: CIN-14
INFO : OOP-2, 00 (21)
L
SMB A 025
ZCHQE187ZCBJA041
'ZZ RJEZHQ
DE RBEPAC 26
ZNR
Z 120035Z
FM COMBARLANT
TO RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT the
RJWFALB/CINCONAD RJWFALB/CINCONAD
RJEZSN/26TH NORAD REGION REGION
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF
RBEPW/CNO
RBEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON
NAVY GRNC
BT
UNCLAS. UNCLAS 1
LOCATING ONE -UFD
1. APPEARANCE WHITE FIRST MAGNITUDE STAR
2. 4150N 3336W 112247Z
3SIGHTED CONT INUOUSLY Y 112247Z T0 112307Z
4. CUS 060 DEG SPO 7 DEG PER MINUTE
5, VISUAL BINOCULARS AND EXTANT NEG RADAR
6. FLT COND. ON TOP at 120117Z
NOTE : Advance cy del to OOP-CP
BT

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26TH NORAD REGION
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF
RBEPW/CNO
RBEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON.
UNCLAS/
LOCATION ONE UFO. 1PLIFYING
A. MY 120035Z
1. DEBRIEF OF BARRIER CREW
2. OBSERVED BY-6 OFFICERS AND 4 CREW MEMBERS
BE A SATELLITE.- IT SATELLITE.- IT WAS ABOUT
3. OBJECT APPEARED TO
AS LARGE AS A FIRST I MAGNITUDE STAR. MAGNITUDE STAR.
OBJECT OBSERVED WITH UNAIDED. EYE, BINOCULARS AND SEXTANT ABOUT ABOUT
4.0
40 DEG 0 DEG
INTO ·THE 'THE HAZE ON HAZE O ARING 050 050
ELEVATION. DISAPPEARED
DEG T 15 DEG DEG T ELEVATION.
IT WAS NIGHT AND THERE AND THERE WERE NO CLOUDS ABOVE THE A/C.. THE A/C POSIT WERE NO CLOUDS ABOVE THE A/C.. THE A/C POSIT -
IT WAS NIGHT
295 DEG T.. 850
92 ACT 00. 09 098 09M 03 33 34 35 05 06
SECNAV UNSECNAV ASTSECNAV(R&D) CSA.CASF CIA
@7 07D 73 74 76 BFR CMC JCS
NIC COGARD
CONTROL NO. CIRCUIT NO. PAGE OF PAGES TIME OF RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP
55173/VN/D3/3 B067 1 0719Z/12 MAY_.-
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