PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8693700

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1961

REPORTED LOCATION38 44N44 45WAtlantic Ocean

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a 38.44N 44.45W D Was Balloon
21 Oct 61 Atlantic Ocean 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar D Was Aircraft
00 Probobly Aircraft
GMT_21/0722Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
O.No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 00 Other....
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1-2 sec 1 NE
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UFO o. BRIEF sUMMARY oF sIGHTING UFO accOmpanied by brightll. cOMMENTs Case evaluated accompanied by brightil. commenrs Case evaluated as Meteor. Bx as Meteor. Bx
flash proceeding flash proceeding et very high speed in arc towafd at very high speed in are toward Meteors can be very Meteors can be very bright. bright.
horizon. ? min later faint objt with faded yellow horizon. 2 min later faint objt with faded yellow color
lappeared on same course. Observer feels objt
was meteor except for was meteor exeept extremely bright appearanfe.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV RRP 52)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR F :
AF IN : 36742 (21 Oct61R/doc STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
ACTION: CIN-17
INFO : ARMY-2, NA -104-
SAFS--3
SMB B 149
VZCHQD531 ZCSBA505 01
PP RJEZHQ
DE RJEZSB 39 Up
ZNR
P 211800Z
FM DOVER AIR FORCE BASE D DELAWARE
TO RJWFAL/CONCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RJEZHG/COFS USAF WASHINGTON D C
RBEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON NEW YORK NY
RFEMVB/CANAIRDEF ST HUBERT MONTREAL CANADA
RCEHC/CANFLAGLANT HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA
BT
UNCLAS FR BASOPS 21-J-1. CIRVIS REPORT. MATS 92601, C-97 SIGHTED UNCLAS FR BASOPS 21-J-1. CIRVIS REPORT. MATS 92601, C-97 SIGHTED
UNIDENTIFIED 0BJECT. AIRCRAFT P0SITION 3844N-4445W AT 0722GMT.
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT APPROX 1/4 FINGER WIDTH ACCOMPANIED BY VERY
BRIGHT, VERY WHITE FLASH APPEARED AT OBSERVORS NINE O' CLOCK
POSITION ABOUT 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. OBJECT PROCEEDED AT A
VERY HIGH SPEED IN AN ARC TOWARD HORIZON, DISAPPEARING AT ELEVEN VERY HIGH SPEED IN N AN ARC TOWARD HORIZON, DISAPPEARING AT I ELEVEN
0' CLOCK POSITION. AIRCRAFT HEADING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION 297
DEGREES MAGNETIC ALTITUDE 8000 FEET. DURATION OF OBSERVATION
APPROX ONE SECOND, AFTERGLOW REMAINED AS LUMINOUS STREAK FOR
1/10 SECOND. TWO MINUTES LATER, A MUCH FAINTER OBJECT REPEATED
THE SAME COURSE WITH FADED YELLOW COLOR. OBSERVER FEELS OBJECT
MAY HAVE BEEN METEOR, EXCEPT FOR EXTREMELY BRIGHT APPEARANCE.
WEATHER AT TIME WAS CLEAR, WITH HIGH THIN CIRRUS. SKY VERY DARK,
VISIBILITY UNLIMITED. COMMUNICATIONS S ON HF VERY POOR.
BT
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