PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8699374

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1961

REPORTED LOCATION6440Nm2930W ATLANTIC

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- 6440Nm 2930W D Was Balloon
17 Dec 61 " ATCANTIC) 100 Probably Balloon
4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Local 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 170915Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 16. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y.s 0 Probably Astronomicol
DNo Military D Possibly Astronomical
OBSERVATION BJEKYXTIOR 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other Proh Echo I
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 E
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGOO.Jt 10. BRIEF sUMMARY oF SIGHTINGObjt with unKnOWn with unknown 11. COMMENTS NO into given. Echo I info given. Echo I was in
characteristics believed to look like satellite characteristics1 believed to look like satellite area area at time at time So Objt is assumed to have
cbserved and reported going E. cbserved and reported going E. been Echo I.

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17/0915z DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFI. MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
H
AF IN : 3 37396 (17 Dec.61) A/em
ACTION: CIN-17
INFO:
BMBC8QR805ZCBJB050
ZZ RJEZHQ
DE PBDIC 033D
ZNR
Z M 179955Z
FM ADMINO COMBARFORLANT Trind .
TO PBEPW/ NO
RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT To: hj
To: 1y
PJEZHG/HQ USAF
PJWFALB/CINCONAD
PJEZSN/TWO SIX NORAD REGION PJEZSN/TWO SIX NORAD REGION
PBEGUH/COMEAST SEAFRON PBEGUH,
INFO PBEKDI/COMASWFORLANT
NAVY GRNC
BT
UNCLAS
LOCATING ONE UFO
1. PPOBABLE SATELLITE
?.64-49N 29-30W
3. 170915Z
4. *99 DEGREES SPEED UNKNOWN
5 VISUAL
5. UNKNOWN
BT
17/1000Z NOTE: Advance copy