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SW of Stuttgart, Germany, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
SW of Stuttgart, Germany
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 3Jan 61 SWof Stuttgart, Germany. 口 Probobly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OaSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Loca!. 1810 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WosAircraft 031740Z Jan 61 口 ProbablyAireraf! GMT... Ai~Visuel Air-IntercepRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yes Was Astronomical ProbablyAstronomical Military 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 3min 口 Insufficient Dota forEvaluetion 2 SW-NE 口 Unknown lo. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGTop Unit VaS reCtangUlar n. coMMENTswitness attenpted to indicate and reflected abright orange-yellow color that the color ofa"fireball"iscon- similar to arocket exhaust that was coming sistent as to shade.Fireballs very in from a round shaped object beneath it far color and shade.The sighting lasted just enough to plainly discern the se

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