Monday 17 June 2019

UFO Report:
“The 1961 UFO Chronology”


Created: 6 April 2006
Updated: 7 May 2017
(NICAP.org)

Quote from the report:
“… but this was a year for nuclear connections and incidents involving missile bases. A lot of the incidents themselves do not have active links as yet. Blue Book microfilms are only processed to mid-1952, so it will be some time before we can accomplish that goal. However, this is a comprehensive list for 1961 and will also suffice as a good work and checklist for our team. With the help of William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), and Dan Wilson (archive researcher), the task becomes much easier. But without Brad Sparks’ updated list, the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns, the entire project would have been impossible. And our thanks also go to Jean Waskiewicz who created the online NICAP DBase (NSID) that helped make it possible to link from the cases to the reports themselves. ‘UFOE’ is the NICAP publication, The UFO Evidence (Richard Hall, 1964). Cat. 3 incidents are E-M cases.

Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator

April 25, 1961
U.S. Air Force Guidance Collection Letter No.4, originally classified Confidential, describes and provides guidance for project Moon Dust reporting. Several items of interest appear in the document: classification level of Moon Dust Alerts and reports, focus of Moon Dust on ‘foreign earth satellite vehicles,’ and destination agencies for Moon Dust reports among them. (CUFON)

May 1961
Joint statement by 21 American Scientists released by NICAP. Calls for open investigation of UFOs without secrecy, the need for a more thorough investigation shown by circumstantial evidence. States the Air Force should have more straightforward information policy, specifically to give out all facts on major UFO sightings.

May 22, 1961; Tyndall AFB, Florida (BBU 7417)
4:30 p.m. Mrs. A. J. Jones and Mrs. R. F. Davis saw big silver-dollar disc hover and revolve, then suddenly disappear. (Berliner)

Aug. 4,1961
Letter to NICAP member from Rep. Thomas W. Downing: ‘The Bureau manager (of Newsweek) informs me that his information indicates that an investigation of the UFO phenomenon is being contemplated by the Science and Astronautics Committee. The information that I was provided indicates that Congressman Joseph E. Karth of Minnesota may serve as Chairman of the three-man Subcommittee.’ (See NICAP UFOE, Section XIII)

Nov. 1, 1961; SETI_Conference
On this date at Green Bank, W. Va. Government (National Academy of Sciences) sponsored secret discussions on space life, possibility of communicating with other worlds. This discussion was alluded to in the New York Times, February 4, 1962.”


Wikipedia article: “Tyndall Air Force Base”:


Tyndall AFB is located 19 kilometres (12 miles) east of Panama City, Florida, according to Wikipedia.

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Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (wikimedia.org)
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Satellite photo of Panama City, Florida (tageo.com)
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U.S. Government UFO Document:
“PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD:
DATE: 2 Jun 61/
LOCATION: Tampa, Florida”


(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: NICAP.org

Quote from the document:
“Star-like object sighted on course of 140 deg from Tampa. Color bluish red changing to white. About the size of a star but only brighter. Altitude very high. Object picked up on Radar with a bearing of 055 deg at 34,000 ft. Moved up and down but maintained same relative position.

Radar and visual targets were different locations and the witness was requested to send additional information. No reply to this request. Speculation on the limited data might indicate that the object viewed visually was an a/c, but there is no confirming data. No attempt is made to determine the radar sighting. In view of the limited data the case is listed as insufficient data.”

NICAP.org also presents the other documents that pertain to the case.


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F-102As of the 509th FIS over Vietnam, November 1966. These aircraft wear standard Southeast Asia camouflage (T.O. 1-1-4). (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org) (wikimedia.org photo)



















Satellite photo of Tampa, Florida (tageo.com)
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