PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8691128

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1961

REPORTED LOCATION3945N12733W PACIFIC

FRAMES9

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UNCLASSIFIEZED/520IN 1212.

FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN, FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS. POST
LANDING CIRVIS AND UFO REPORTS. THIS MESSAGE IN TYO PARTS.
PART ONE: 352 AEWA&C WG AIRCRAFT CALL SIGN ETHAN 29 REPORTED
A RADAR SIGHTIDG OF TWO UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS AT 252955 ZULA.
SIGHTING MADE BY CAPT VOLOUITCH, LT GUZMAN, LT. HOLMES

ANG SSGT HARGROVE, ALL CONSIDERED RELIABLE. AIRCRAFT WAS

ON AAD TRACK WITH CENTER POINT AT 3945N 1273 DURING TIME
OF SIGHTING. GEOREF POSITIONS OF UNILENTIFIED VESSELS WERE

DJFL S052 AND DJFL 2555. ALTITUDE OF AIRCRAFT WAS 15,0272 tT,

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IMATELY 59 MILES OFF OF A STRAIGHT COURSE STRAIGHT LINE DIST-
ANCE FR BEGINNING CF TRACK TO POINT OF FADE WAS APPROXIMATELY
159 MILES. (5) TRACK FADED (3) THREE MINUTES.
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169 DEGREES TRUE, 2 14 K, MCCLELLAN AFB.

E 3945N 12733”
Fe (F) CAPT J J VALOVICH, 954 AEW&C SQDNe SEVEN YEARS SERVICE
QUALIFIED SKILLED INTERCEPT DIRECTOR. CONSIDERED RELIASLE.
G €4) VISIBILITY AND CEILING UNLIMITED. DROKEN TO OVERCAST
DECK AT 5,022 TO 6,000 FT.

6 (2) 6,429 FT WINDS 293/10K
18,209 FT 272/ 18K
29,929 FT 24/2 /15K
323,929 FT 2435/3 5K
56,909 FT 249/25K

(3) BROKEN TO OVERCAST AT 5,922 TO 6,299 FT

(4) 15 PLUS AT 15,922 FT.

(5) NONE (6) NONE (7) WEAK INVERSION AT 13,290 TO i4,052 FT.
STRONG INVERSION AT 21,929 FT TO 22,099 FT.

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Je NO TRAFFIC REPORTED IN AREA

Ke INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 552 AEW&C WING. NONE

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sussect: Request for Review < duly 1901

It is requested that you review the attached reports of
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Colonel, USAF 1. Inc TWX ata 320 Jun 61. |
Deputy for Sectence 2. Ine TWX dtd 23 Jun 61.
and Components 3. AF Form 112 ata 25 Jun 61,
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Based on the limited information in Attachments 2 and 3, it is virtually
impossible to make any positive evaluation from a radar point of view.
However, the evaluation contained in Attachment 1 (Unclassified message
§20IN 1227) is concurred with as being the most likely.

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‘ourrED STATES PACIFIC COAST ¥ Juns 1941 ; es

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952 ABWAG Wing (aDG) | 26 June sic

avis Richard A Kahane 28 June 1%1

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Transmittal of UFO Track, Reference 552 AEW&C Wing Message 520IN 1212, 27 Jun 51 |
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1. The attached track overlay indicates ship positions and the track of
an unidentified flying object ag plotted by Captain J.J. Valovich, Intercept
Director on RC-121D crew B-2, %4th AEWSC Squadron (ADC). Details of the

sighting were reported in 552 AFW2C Wing message 520IN 1212, 27 June 1%1.

2. Classified Confidantial to prevent disclosure of AEW radar capability.

RICHARD A KAHANE u tien Ganestled urIrn
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