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10 NM E of PointArena, California, September 1960

Date of account
1960-09
Location
10 NM E of PointArena, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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MILTTARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 24Sep60 10 NM E of PointArena,Californie 口 Was Bolloon Probably Bolioon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 口 Possibiy Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Locol. Ground.Visual DGround-Radar 口 Wos Aiicrcft ProbablyAircraft 24/12102 CMT bAirVisuol DAir-lntarceptRador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes Probobly Astronomicol Meteor Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 3.NUMBER OF OBJECYS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 insufficiont Data for Evaluation 30 sec one S(?) 口 Unknowm 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round, blue object, size of basketball at arm's Sighting has all charaeteristics of length, had long blue and yellow tail. Slight meteor,except that the duration is descent moving slowly across horizon, faded excessive,Satellite reentries of 1960 fron view. Epsilon 6 and 7 occurred this date, SEc=36723S(

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