PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8694983

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONLos Angeles Calif

FRAMES4

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1. DATE |2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
10-21 Jul 61 Los Ingeles, Calif 0 Probubly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon /
4
Local 1030 PM Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y 0 Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronamical
7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Dato for I Evaluation
D Unknown Unknown
seo 1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Lights obceaved on Lights olceaved on m. comments Prohably a/e however no confire ug
iucceddlng uccedding nights for varied nights for varied duration. iin Sw ation. in SW data. Sent quostionnire but did not data. Sent quostionaire but did not recefve recedve
to NE to NE dard upot Wy/meraury white blinkor, bind- upot W/meraury white blinker, bind- anower. Case cnrried as insufricient data anower, Case cnrried as insufricient : data
ing at elose range blink on ani off twice
p-r,socond. Not p-ir,socond. Not a high as edho. Moved across
Jly in x a5 see. aly in x a5 see.
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ATIC FORM 329 (RE 26 82P 52)
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c, What was the muncer : object vas
observed to flashl
3. It is suggested that you inform . that factors such as
albitude of the airerart, vind direction, direction, direction in which the direction in which the atrorart airorart
is noving, temperature, is noving, temperature, inunidity, cloud hnunidity, cloud cover, background moise, ate.,
have bave bearing bearing on on whether or not noi3e from grom an aircraft can be heard and aircraft can be heard and
AO F OO that satallites C20S9 Cr0s9 suecific specific parallels of latitude at the sale angle
when when moving Gouth to Jorth South to Jorth and the supplement of that angle ven supplement of that angle wen moving moving
Morth toSouth. Morth to South. Any ob.ject which crosses a 3iven Ziven PS at angles angles
that are not entary is not a satellite.
FOR MHEE COM FOR THEE COMMANDER CMMANDER
Cei Hd 2 i
ELWARDE. WIN Atch
Colonel, USAF Ltr 15 Ml G2 Geceral Schriaver
Deguty for Science from Mr.
and Components

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SUBJECT: Letter of T ransmittal
TO: Hq USAF (SAFC McClendon)
dated 15 July 1962, is forwarded for appropriate action.
FOR THE MMANDER
HMH l
1 Atch
7RODNEY NUDENBERG Ltr 15 Jul 62 to Ge Schriever
Colonel, USAF from Mr.
Assistent Deputy Assistent Deputy to to the Commander the Commander
Manned Spaee Flight Manned Space Flight Copy to:
Mr.m, Consolidated Mines
& Smelting Co., Ltd., Los Angeles Co., Ltd ., Los Angeles
- 12, California 12, California
ection. eteen.
Irind
Fonad to Cl d 4
FORGING MILITARY SPACEPOWER

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