2621N12650E FAREAST radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 1961

The image appears to be a Project 10073 Record Card from Project Blue Book, which was the official project of the United States Air Force to study unidentified flying objects (UFOs). VIETNAM DATE/TIME: 15 AUG 1961; 0400Z DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT(S): OVAL SHAPED, BRIGHT SILVER, ROTATING OR TUMBLING COURSE FOLLOWED AND SPEED: MOVING IN ERRATIC PATH, 6-7 THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET PER SECOND WITNESSES: USAF CREW NO. OF OBJECTS: 1 SIZE OF OBJECT(S): ESTIMATED 50-60 FEET LONG WEATHER CONDITIONS: CLEAR NIGHT FLASH OR EXPLOSION: NONE OBSERVED COMMENTS: OBJECT EXPLODED OR DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY. CLASSIFICATION: UNIDENTIFIED CAPTAIN NOTED AS OBJECT PD PILOTS OBSERVATION A PILOT SAW OBJECT FLYING: OBJECT AS PILOT CIRCLED GOOD LOOK AT IT IT WAS SHAPED LIKE BLIMP WITH DARK SPOT VISIBLE BETWEEN BLUE SKIES AT 1.2 1/4 MILE APPROX. NO TRAIL NOTICED ON OBJECT MOVING STEADY SPEED APPROX 150 KNOTS ABOUT 1 MILE DISTANCE FROM OBSERVER PILOT GAVE GOOD DESCRIPTION TO CONTROL TOWER The image contains a photograph of what appears to be a blacked out or redacted portion of a document. Transcribed text: THE RECORDS SHOW THAT THE WHITE LIGHT WAS FIRST SEEN APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF CHOSHI JAPAN AT ABOUT 2820H WHEN FLIGHT CONTROLLER AT AIR DEFENSE CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED A REPORT THAT AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WAS BEING TRACKED ON RADAR MAKING A VERY RAPID ASCENT TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 50,000 FEET. SUBSEQUENTLY THE LIGHT MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN TO THE WEST AND THEN DESCENDED RAPIDLY TO ABOUT 40,000 FEET WHERE IT REMAINED STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE LIGHT THEN RESUMED A WESTERLY COURSE AND ACCELERATED TO AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF ABOUT 3000 TO 4000 KNOTS BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM RADAR. RADAR OPERATORS WHO TRACKED THIS LIGHT WERE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND RELIABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONFIRMED THIS UNUSUAL OBSERVATION. THE DOCUMENT CONCLUDES BY STATING THAT THIS SIGHTING MUST BE CONSIDERED A VERY RELIABLE REPORT TO THE CLOSEST SIGHTED. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Reported object in 2621N12650E FAREAST radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 1961; Egg / Oval Reported special objects or artifacts: Still camera; Radar system Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with 2621N12650E FAREAST radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 1961 Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection Institutional response / aftermath: Government or official action