Tarawa Island (Pacific), January 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-01
- Location
- Tarawa Island (Pacific)
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 8Jan 61 Tarawa Island (Pacific) 口 ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OSSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local_1841 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircroft Prabobiy Aireroft 0906412 Jan 61 GMT AirVisuol Air-Intercapt Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS .SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol MeTecR 口 Probobly Astronomicol DNO Civilien 口 Posaibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation 5sec SW 口 Unknown 1 10. SRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGVery bright tgreen firey 11. coMMENTsThere were no satellites re- object with red tail.Very high speed below entering at this time.Description and cumulus clouds.Burned out.Appros altitude duration is characteristic of ameteor. 30° There have been many reports of individuals sighting objects very similar to this one, and they in
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