PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8691015

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONBahama Islands

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
16 Jung 61 Bahama Islands 0 Was Balloon
0 Probubly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 0 Ground-Visuol Ground-Rodar 00 Was Aircralt
GMT 16/23402 Probably Aireraft
D Ain Visual Air-Intarcapt Radar Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0
Ys Was Astronomical
No o Probably Astranomical
Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
Insulficient Data for Evaluation
- Fall Unknown
O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SmOKO RGI arparently 11. coumeNTs No minaile in aaea this the
following objt w Oliowing obgt waian fall which fall I into water. into water. period. Fm cape Canvaerial. Fossible KAS period. Fm cape Canvaerial. Fossible KAS
Wallops Island. Also poesdble meteor with Mso poesdble meteor with
smoke trail. No duration of sighting or duration of sighting or
description of cbjt given. Case lieted ad description of objt given. Case lieted ad
insuffiepn incuffiefm
Directot
Aorospoce Studies Aorospoce Studics O
Mozwoll AFB, AlaJam ATTN: Archives Brnnel ATTN: Atchives Brinel
RETURN RETURN T: 1161 1961 Jan
ATIC FORM 329 (R3V ATIC FORM S2P 52) Ins O:

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DERARTMENT OP THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASPEO AZSRAGE
I N CO
AF IN : 27407 (17 Jun 61)a/doc
ACTION: CIN-14
INFO : 00P-2, 00P-CP-1, SAFS-3 (21)
SMB C 043
ZCHQD709ZCBJA064
00 RJEZHQ A
DE RBEKSN 009
ZNR
0 170105Z
FM CCGD SEVEN
TO RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD o
RJEZHO/COFS USAF 11
RBEKHC/COMASDEFORLAFT
RBEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON
RCEHC/CANFLAGLANT
RFEMVB/CANAIRDEF SMC SMC 17
RJESKB/32ND NORAD DIV RJESKB/32ND NORAD DIV
INFO RBEPJD/COMDT T COGARD COGARD
RBEGUF/COMEASTAREA COGARD
USCG GRNC
BT
UNCLAS 1003584
MRINT
1. SMOKE TRAIL REPO ORTED 20 MI NNW CABLE BEACH ELEUTHERA ISLAND
BAHAMAS 162340Z APPARE OBJECT WHICH FELL INTO WATR.
2. SOURC
BT NOTE: ADVANCE COPY TO O0P-CP & CIN (172230R)