PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8297622

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONFort Edward New York

FRAMES6

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
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INCOMING
AF IN : 23207 (13 Aug 61

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FOR? AFCIN, HQ USAF, SAFIS, OSAF. IN COMPLIANCE WITH AFR
200-2 DTD 14 SEP 59, THE FOLWG RPT IS SUBMITTED? TWO OB-
JECTS WERE SIGHTED ON SEPERATE OCCASIONS, 1ST OBJECT AT
9239Z ON 6 AU Sl, 2ND AT 2245Z ON 10 AUG 61. BOTH OB-
JECTS SIGHTED BY SAME INDIVIDUAL. PAR !5A (1) ROUND, (2)
GOLF BALL, (3) 1ST WHITE 6 AUG, 2ND DULL YELLOW 10 AUG,
(4) ONE, (5) NA, ¢€6) NO FEATURES, ONLY LIGHT, €7) IN THE
DISTANCE A REDDISH TINT APPEARED. (8) NONE. ¢9) MUCH

FASTER THAN A JET HIGH AS 30,000.FT, APPROX. APPROACHED

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH

UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING

AF IN: 23207 (13 Aug 61) Page 2

PAGE TWO RJEZKNG 1

SLOW, DEPARTED MUCH FASTER, BUT NOT AS FAST AS A SHOOTING
STAR OR METERO. LOOKED LIKE AN UNLIGHTED WEATHER BALLON
SEEN AT 2330Z, 19 AUG 61. 1ST OBJECT SIGHTED 6 AUG WAS
HIGH, 2ND OBJECT SIGHTED 10 AUG WAS LOW. PAR 15B (1)
BRIGHT LIGHT AND MOTION. (2) NEARLY OVERHEAD WHEN FIRST
SEEN, (3) APPROX 6% DEGREES FROM HORIZON, APPROX AZIMUTH
120 DEGREES, (4) TRAVELING EAST TO WEST, MADE 18@ DEGREE
TURN TO THE EAST WHEN DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, (5) FADED SLOWLY
TO THE EAST. (6) 1ST OBJECT APPROX 28 TO 25 MINUTES, 2ND
OBJECT APPROX 15 MINUTES. PAR 15C ¢1) GROUND VISUAL, ¢2)
NAMED EYES, (3) NAe 15D (1) 1ST OBJECT, 92502 6 AUG 61.
2ND OBJECT, @245Z 10 AUG S61, ‘2). NOGHT. PAR 15E, 6 MILES
SE’ OF GLENNS FALLS, NEW YORK, TOWN OF FORT EDWARD; BOTH
OBJECTS. PAR 15F (1) 2 _OmMNm, 29 YRS, 27
SOME, FORT EDWARD NY, TECHNICIAN FOR WESTERN ELEC
TRIC, ALBANY NY. RELIABILITY GOOD, HIS SITER Mai,

ALSO SIGHTED :!ST OBJECT. HIS WIFE MQM SAW THE 2ND OB~
JECT. PAR 15G (1) CLOUDY ON 6 AUG AND CLEAR ON 1@ AUG,
(2) 6 AUG 61, FROM 35@ DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, FROM 242 $3-
GREES AT 7 KNOTS , FROM 260 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, FROM 280

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
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INCOMING |

AF IN : 23207 (13 Aug 61) Page 3 of 3

PAGE TUREE RUJEZKNG 1 | |
AT 25 KNOTS, FROM 25@ DEGREES AT 46 KNOTS, FROM 269 DE- |
GREES AT 46 KNOTS AND FROM @8@ DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS. 10

AUG 61, 349 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS, 280 A 18, 289 AT 36. 289 AT 36, 280

AT 42, 280 AT 36, 100 AT 31. (3) 6 AUG, 4009 FT BROKEN :
10 AUG, CLEAR. (4) 6 AUG, 1@ MILES, 19 AUG, 10 MILES. |
(3) 6 AUG, TEN TENTHS, 19 AUG, CLEAR. (6) 6 AUG, NONE, 12

AUG, NONE. (7) 72 DEGREES, DEW POINT 66 ON 6 AUG, 74 DE-

GREES DEWPOINT 65 ON 10 AUG. PAR 15H, NONE. PAR 151, NONE.

PAR 15J, UNKNOWN. PAR 15K, WEATHER BALLOONS ARE RELEASED

FROM ALBANY WEATHER BUREAU 2230Z DAILY. TYPE RADION SONDE,

S FT DIAMETER, RUBBERIZED, COLOR WHITE. WIND

CONDITIONS ON BOTH SIGHTINGS AT ALL ALTITUDES WERE SIMILIAR.

A JET STREAM LOCATED IN THE AREA, BUT WAS NOT OF VERY HIGH

VELOCITY. VERY POSSIBLE THAT OBJECTS SIGHTED WERE WEATHER

BALLOONS AT EXTREMELY HIGH ALTITUDE IN THAT OBSERVER

COMMENTED ON SIMILARITY OF OBJECT TO WEATHER BALLOON. AL-

THOUGH NOT SUBSTANTIATED BY WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY

GIVEN BY WEATHER BUREAU, A WIND SHIFT OF HIGH VELOCITY AT

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