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McClellan AFB, California, March 1951

Date of account
1951-03
Location
McClellan AFB, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 13 March 1951 McClellan AFB, California Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircrafr Local 口 ProboblyAircrcf: GMT13/2320Z Air-Visuai Air-lnterceptRador 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomico! Yos 口 ProboblyAstrencmicol Military & Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol ENO UNIDENTIFIED. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTSI9.COURSE Other 2 minutes. Rising to N 口 Insufficient Doia for Evaluaticn one Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Witness sighted object from car.Stopped car Possibility exists that object was balc and viewed object described as round,about launch,however the report did not 200 ft in diamethr, cylindrical and had twd contain launch data from the Air Base white tails attached.Object hovering.Estimated adjacent to sig

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