DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8694787
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1961
REPORTED LOCATIONOcean City New Jersey
FRAMES11
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
t. DATE 0 Was Balloon
Oeean City, New Jersoy D Probably Bafloon
9 Jul 61 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft
Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircruft
Local 2155 0. Ground-Vi suel CR
Air-Intereept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft
OMT. 1001552 AirVisual Was Astronomical
6. SOURCE 0 Probably Astronomicol
5. PHOTOS Possibly Astronomical
CYes Mlitary 0
OON 9. COURSE o Other
7. LENGTH OF CSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS D Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 W-E
5-10se: :-lse: I1. COMMENTSOnI 3 1 11. COMMENTSOnly 3 lizht was observed Bovilg movilg
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BOTWEEN TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BOLWSGN Light peach and Light peach and
at a constant ra at a constant rat: across a clear cross a cloar sky. sky.
Light green, Round light. About sise of large octeristig of ateristie of
bouber. Sise of pek at arm's bomber. Size of pek at : am's ngth. Appeared Color of light
multicolored ligh multicolored lig lending together, ending together,
sudderily h5° elev in W. Disapreered suddenly thereby appearing as l light. Mhis is thereby appearing as I light. This is
4+5° elev in E. 450 elev in E. chrurectorintic of lights of a/d whon it chruractorintic of lights of a/d whon it
1s observed flying at high altitude. Thds 1s observed rlying at high altitude. Th1s
report in therefore evaluated ad probabl report in therefore evoluated ad probabl
high-flying a/e.
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ATIC FORM 329 (RZ SEP 52) SO1
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3.Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circla One) No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? t2ccm.p.h.
40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes No Poe
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41. F Please give the following information about yourseli:
NAME Firat Noma Jaiddia Nom
Last Nams
ARLINCTEN ViRGIn
AODRESS City Zons Stale
Strest
JA
TELEPHONE NUMBER LT.COL
US ARMY
What is your present job?
ill ill Sex 11 M
A_3 Age
Please indicate any speclal educational training that you have had. Please indicate any special Ieducational training that you havs had.
a. Grade school . Grade school e. e. Technical school
b. High schoot b. High school (Type) (Typθ)
c. College College f. Other special training COL
c. COMLSIAPF COMLSTAPF WERTT
d. Post graduate FFLEMUEN
10 TUCL 6 61
42. Date you compleled this questionnaire: 42. Date you completed this questionnaire: Doy Day Month Yoar
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HEADQUARTERS
H127TH USAF FIELD ACTIVITIES GROUP
FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA
REPLY TO 11.JUL 1961
ATTN OF: APCIN-1E-O0
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object
TO: FED (TD-A3)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Chio
Attached UFO report forvarded for analysis per AFa 200-2.
FOR THE COMAIDER
deluon
GRECORY ALEKANDER 1 Atch
Captain, USAF ATIe Form 164
Chief, Combat Operations
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We raquest this personal information so that, if it is deamed necessary, wo may contact you for
further derails.
1. When did you see the object? 2.Time of day: S5
Hour Minutes
9 tu C
Month Your A.M. or P.M.
Day
3. Tiine zone:
(Circle One): G. Eastern (Cirele Ona): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you scw the object? 4. Where were you when you saw the object?
Occan lity N.J
Nsarest Postal Address Nsarest Postal Address City or Town City or Town Stato or Country
Additional remarks:
5. Estimate how long you saw the object. 0
Hours Minutas Minutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5. 5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5.
c. Certain o. Certain c. Not very sure
5. Foirly certain . Foirly certain d. Just a guess
. What was the condition of th sky?
AARK Just a trace of daylight
(Circle One) . Bright Gylight d.
. Dull daylight No trace of daylight
Bright wijight Don't remamber
7. IF you saw the object during DAYL "HT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don't remamber
ATIC FORM NO. 164 (13 OCT 54)
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10.iF it was BRiGhTER THAN the sky background, was the brighinass like that of an auiomobila heedlight?:
(Circle Ona) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Saveral blocks away?
c. A block away?
d. Saveral yards away?
. Other.
11. Did the abjech Conntant spet (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yos No Don't Know
b. b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any tine? Suddenly speed up and rush sway at any timne? Yos Yos No Don't Know Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Break up into parts explode? Yos Yos No Don't Know
d. Give off smoka? Yos Yos (No (No Don't Know
e. o. Changa brightness? Yos Yos No No Don't Know Don't Know
F. Change shape? Yos N Don't Know
Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes NO Don't Know
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12. Did the objeet move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? 1.Did the objeet move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle Oneh: Yes No No Don't Know. Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
13. Did the cbjest moys in front of something ak anytime, portieularly a aloud? 13. Did the cbjest movs in front of something ak anytime, porticularly a sloud?
(Circle One): Yos (No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, thon tell what
it maved In iront
14. Did the object appear: (Cirela Ona): Solid? b, Tranaperent? c. Don't Know.
Did you obsarye the cbject through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses No e. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yos i. Tolescope Yas No
c. Windshield CNo g. Thaodolits Yes No
d. Window glass Yos No h. Orher
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a. Sound.
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17. Draw picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Labal and include in your sketch any datails
of tha object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, atc., and oapecially axhaust trails or vapor trails. Place
an arrow baside the drawing to show the direction the obiset was moving.
light
thinks sh width of objict
wife wings
coler
18.The edges of the object were:
(Cirel One): a. Fuzzyo(Slurred) (Cirel One): a. Fuzzy o(Slurred) e. Other Other
. Like a bright stor b. Like a bright stor
c. c. Sharply outlined
< d. d. Don'tremember Don'tramember
. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
Draw a picture of how thay were arranged, and put an arrow to show the diraction that they were travel ing. Draw a picture of how thay were arranged, and put an arrow to show the diraction that they were traveling.
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22. How large did the objact or objects appear as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand
and at about orm's length?
(Cirele One): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollar
6, Pea h. Baseball
c. Dime i. Grapsfruit
d. Nickal i. Basketball
o. Quarter k. Other
f. Half dollor
22.1 (Circle One of the
a. Certain c. Not vary sure
Fairly certain Fairly certain d. Uncertain
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23. 23. How did the object or objects disappear from view? _Cg How did the object or objects disappear from view? _
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2.4. In ordar that you can givs as clear a plcture as possible of what you saw, ws would liks for you to imagins that you could 24. In ordar that you can give as cloar a plcturs as possible of what you saw, ws would liks for you to imagins that you could
conatruct the abject that you saw. Of what type matarial would you make it? "Hew largs would It ba, and what shape
would it have? Dascribe in your own words a dommon object ar objacts whlch whan placed up in the sky would give the
same appearance as the objact whlch you saw.
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28. IF you Were MOVING IN TOMCBiLE or other vehicla at the time, then complete the following quastions:
28.1 What direction were you mow ing? (Circle One)
a. North c. East o. South 6i West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Northwest
23.2 F 23.2 How fast were you moving? How fast were you moving? miles par hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the objsct?
(Circle One) Yes Yes No
oking when you first sav object? (Circle Ons)
a. a. North c. East e. South South G. West
b. b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
o. a. North Nowth Cc. East East . South e. South 3. West g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
31. If you are famillar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the n number rof degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a. From true North degrees.
b. From horizon 475 degrees.
31.2 When it disappeored:
a. From true North degrees.
b. From horizon degres.
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high the show how high tha object was above the horizon (skylins) when you lost saw it.
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33. In the fallowing larger sketch place an "A" at the position tha object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its
position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an exampls of how to complate the larger skatch.
B "in ecutom 24 shy
B
A
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Day Month 0 Yoar
Was anyone slse with you at the time you saw the object?
(Cirele One) CYos No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circte One) Yes No
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37. . Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle Ono) Yes (Circle Ona) Yes. 2 No
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you see other cnes?
38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
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