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Ellington AFB, Texas, August 1951

Date of account
1951-08
Location
Ellington AFB, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 26 Aug 1951 Qx Wes Balloon Ellington AFB,Texas 口 Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0118 白GroundVisual 口 Was Aiicraft Locol--- D Ground-Roder Probably Aircrof! GMT-26/0718.7 D AirVisuol O Air-lntercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS Z.SOURCE 口 Wos Astronomicol aY. 口 Probobly Astronomica! military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 3-4minutes North,rising 口 Insufficiont Doto for Evgluation 口 Unkno wn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj bright （as bright as the brightest star), Case evaluated as balloon. yellowin color. No definite shape.Deviated but returned on couse of North.Disappeared by rislng. Altitude approx 25,000 was observed 3-4 min. ATTCPORM329(REV26SEP S2)

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