PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8298505

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1961

REPORTED LOCATION3153N12900E FAREAST

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
FAREAST) 0 Was Ballaon
7 Ang 61 3153N 12900E 00 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bolloon Passibly Balloon
Local Local 2155 Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
000 00 Probably Aireraft Probably Aircraft
GMT.. GMT_ 0712552 AiVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. 'PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol Was Astronomical
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical Probably Astronamical
.CKNo .CXNo Militery Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE BX Other_ Prob Echo I. Prob Echo I
0 Insuificient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
12 min 12 min 1 NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt belieVed to be PoIEe 05 u. coMMentsDesceiption of objt and duration 11. COMMEN
220° Taz. Disappearing in clouds at 20° e elev A computation of its orbit indicates that
040° az. it was on a NE orbit W of observer's
location at time of sighting. Therefore
concluded that objt was probably Echo I
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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ELEPHONED
i0
OPERATIONAL NO.
TIME
Pato
IMMEDIATE
1961 AUS 7 21 26
RAD60 SUSPECTED DUPLICATE OF MESSAGE
CZCSQCSS0ZCFJA159 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. CHECK
BEFORE TAKING ACTION.
00 RJEDSQ
ZNR ZFD RJEDFJ
QYA 104ZCRQA007
00 RJEDSQ OO noEDsd
ZNR ZFD RJHPSX I 1 E(
x22 x2w
ZCRQA96 12CPRB110 ZCRQA96 1ZCPRB113 (
0O RJEZHQ RJWFALB RJEDSQ
DE RJAPAAK 20 DE RJAPAAK 20
ZNR
0 9717452 1
FM 5AFOC FUCHA AS JAPAN (
TO RJHPKM/CINCPAF (
RJEZHQHQ USAF
-
RJWFALB/CINCNORAC
RJEDSQ/HQ ATIC (
0 D5 14092
FM HALEAKALA AE25 USN
TO 5AF FUCTU AS JAPAN TO 5AF FUCTU AS JAPAN (
SECRETART OF THE NAVY
COMINCHIF PAC FLT
COMNAVFORJAPAN −
COMSEVFLT COMSEVFLT
COMSVC SQ 3
COMSVC FORCE PACFT
GR 48
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UNCLAS
UFO 1. SIGHTED UFO BELIEVED TO BE SATELLITE AT 071255Z APPEARANCE
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IDENTIFIED BY SUPERIOR BRILLIANCE.
2. MY POSIT 31.53 N 129.0E 2. MY P0SIT 31.53 N 129.0E (
3. OBJECT APPEARED IN SW AZIMUTH 220 DEG TRUE POSIT ANGLE 5D DEG,
(
DISAPPEARED BEHIND LOW CLOUDS DISAPPEARED BEHIND LOW CLOUDS POSIT ANGLE 20 DEG, AZIMUTH 040 ANGLE 20 DEG, AZIMUTH 040
DEG TRUE AT 071307Z. DEG TRUE AT 0713072.
BT BT
07/1431Z
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