PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8680407

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1961

REPORTED LOCATION150Mi WNWof Ukiah California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Sep 61 150 Mi WNW on Ukiah, California o Was Balloon
25 0 Probably Balloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local_ 2308 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 260728z AirVi sual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0. Was Astronomical METCCZ
Ys A Probably Astronomical
O No Midtar 0 Possibly Astronomical
7 OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
aR NE
10. 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING cns greon-bluis strean. coMMeNts lghsing B green-blul"s strei:ph commenrs tlgitlng is charactortstic or is
Buget, dn sight for 3 ser. Resli fode out Imeteor obdervation. Ouger, in ight for : Ser. Regli fade out meteor observation.
buightoy than meteorito. brightiy thin meteorito.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BRP 52)
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( DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNELASSIFIED MESSAGE (
AF IN : 8931
ACTION : CIN-17
INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 -24-
SMB C 137
Jile
CZCHQB072ZCQJE863
PP RJEZHQ
C
DE RJWZSBA 3
ZNR
P 261040Z
FM 552ND AEW C WG MCCLELLLAN N AFB CALIF
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJWZSB/28AD HAMILTON AFB CALIF
RJEDSQ/AT IC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/COFS S WASH DC
RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH FC
RJEDSQ/COSMATIC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZBF/PROJECT HANSCOM FLD MASS FLD MASS
BT
/UNCLAS/520IN 1661.
FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN AND AFCICIBI, FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS, FOR FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN N AND AFCICIBI, FOR OSAF PASS TO SAFIS, FOR
COSMATICCPASS TO AFCIN-4A. MOON DUST REPORT. COSMATICCPASS TO AFCIN-4A. MOON DUST REPORT. THE FOLLOWING THE MOON DUST DUST
REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN AFR 200-2. FORMAT.
ALFA: (1) LONG STREAK (2) NO DISTINCT OBJECT (3) BLUISH-GREEN
CENTER QITH BRIGHT WHITE EDGES (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) NONE (7) LONG
BRIGHT STREAK, SIZE UNK (8) NONE (9) NONE. BRAVO: (1) SUDDEN EX-
TREME BRIGHTNESS WHICH ILLUMINATED COCKPIT T INTERIOR (2) 60 DEG ELEV,
315 DEG AZIMUTH FROM ACFT NOSE (3) 40 DEG ELEV, 315 DEG AZIMUTH
(4) STRAIGHT STEAK (5) VERY RAPID FADEOUT (6) THREE SECONDS.

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INCOMING
AF IN 8931 (26 Sep 61) page 2 of 2
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CHARLIE: (1) AIR VISUAL (2) NONE (3) RC-121D ETHAN 45, 1100 FT,
HDG 093 TRUE, 230 KTS, MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF. DELTAA: (1) 260728Z
(2) NIGHT. ECHO: 150 MIPES WNW OF UKIAH TACAN. FOXTROT: (1) NONE
(2) JOHN P CONVEY JR, CAPT, 063 AEW&C SQ, NAVIGATOR; JOHN WHALEN,
MAJ, 963 AEW&C SQ, ACFT COMDR; ROBERT BELL, CAPT, 963 AEW&C SQ,
NAVIGATOR. ALL CONSIDERED RELIUBLE WITH NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE.
GOF: (1) CLEAR WITH BRIGHT MOONLIGHT (2)6000 FT: 040/10, 10000 FT:
360/15, 16000 FT: 350/18, 20000 FT: 340/20, 3000 FT: 330/25,
50000FT: 300/30 (3) UNLIMITED (4) 15 PLUS (5) NONF (6) NONE
(7) NONE. HOTEL: NONE, 25TH AD DUTY OFFICER REPORTS NO ACTIVITY (7) NONE. HOTEL: NONE, 25TH AD DUTY OFFICER REPORTS NO ACTIVITY
IN W-242 DURING TIME OF SIGHTING. INDIA: NONE. JULIET: NONE
KNOWN. KILO: 2LT RICHARD A KAHANE, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. OBSERVER
CLAIMSSSIGHTING WAS 20 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN METEORITE. POSSIBLE
RE-ENTRY OF RE-ENTRY OF ESV. LIMA: NONE
BT
26/1045Z SEP RJWZSBA 26/1045Z SEP RJWZSBA
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