PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8683628

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONWaynesville North Carolina

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 Oct 61 Waynesville, North Carolina 0 Was Balloon
o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local_ 2150 E Ground Visual Ground-Radar D Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 060250Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y.s 00 Probably Astronomical
XD No Civilian Possibly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 00 Other.
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not given 1 S-N 0 Unknown
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGSiIVET IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGSiIVET objt, larger than II. comments Witness watched II. coMmenrs Witness watched objt through through
a/c. Appeared to be a/c. Appeared to be spinning. 3 lights X like spinning. 3 lights X like telescope, yet could not determine telescope, yet could not determine az or az or
neon. neon. Disappeared to N. elevation, suggesting that he did not knok
how to use a telescope. Witness did not
know how long the objt was in view. Appar
ently only thing he knew was that he saw
a large silver objt. moving across sky. a large silver obit moving across sky.
Due to lack of sufficient data, a valid
conclusion cannot be made as to nature of
objt. objt.
ATIC FOrM 329 (REt 6 SRP 52)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FOL
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIRED MESSAGE
INCO
AF IN : 22036 (7 0ct 61) HO/Jhs
ACTION: CIN-17
INFO : 00P-2, 0 (24)
MMB B 142 COFO
CZCHGE280ZCVJA047 Gl
PP RJEZHG
DE RJESGN 16
ZNR
P 071445Z
FM 63TRPCARRWG DONALDSON AFB SC
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJWFHW/32 AIR DIV OLAHOMA CITY AFS OKLA
RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB WPAFB OHIO OHIO
RJEZHQ/HG USAF (AFCIN) WASHINGTON DC RJEZHQ/HG USAF (AFCIN) WASHINGTON DC
RJEZHG/OSAF WASHINGTON DC
BT
UNCLAS 63WPP 07-K-02 UNCLAS S 63WPP 07-K-02
SUBJECT: "U.F.0." A. DCRITON(I) UNDETERMINED. (2) LA SUBJECT: "U.F.O." A. DCRITON(1) UNDETERMINED. (2) LA
THAN ACFT. (3) SILVER (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) APPEARED TO SPINNING. THAN ACFT. (3) SILVER (4 JARED
THREE LIGHTS LIKE NEON. (7) NONE (8) NONE (9) NONE. B. COURSE NONE NOND
(1) UNKNOWN (2) UNKNOWN (3) UNKNOWN (4) FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
(5) DISAPPEARED TO NORTH (6) UNKNOWN. C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION.
(1) GROUND-VISUAL (2) TELESCOPE (3) N/A. D. (1) 06/0250Z (2) NIGHT
E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER (I) WAYNESVILLE, N. C. (30 MI. WEST OF
ASHEVILLE, N. C.) WAYNESVILLE,
UNRESTRICTED (2) 040/7

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FC
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
AF IN : 22036 (7 0ct 61) | N C 0 Na 2.of2
PAGE TWO RJESGN 16
060/10 L/V 290/10 290/15 270/20 250/25 UNKNOWN AT 80,000. (3) NONE
) 7 MI. (5) NONE (6) NONE (7) GROUND LEVEL. TEMPERATURE 57 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT. H. NONE. I. NONE. J. SHEVILLE RADIO REPORTED SAC
KC-97 TANKER IN THAT AREA AT 10,000 TO 19,000 FEET AT THAT TIME.
K. WING LIGENCE OFFICER, PROBABLE WX BALLON. L. NONE.
BT
07/1520Z OCT RJESGN
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