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60 mi NNE of Duluth, Minnesota, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
60 mi NNE of Duluth, Minnesota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15Jan61 60 mi NNE of Duluth, Minnesota 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local. 1800 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT 152400Z XAirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol MeTe OYes X Probably Astronomical No Civilian + MiciTAeY 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown -3.sec 1 j. coMMENTsobject in question was probably star"with ball of blue light and slight a meteor,one of the many that arebeing tail.Sighted 20,000-25,000ft,105°.Dis- observed at this time.VeeiFie ppeared 10,000*o90°.Burned outwith red DRREAD STCDYLNIRENCE sparks. Maxwell AFB.Alabqma ATTN:Aichives Branch Aerospace Director 大 5 RETURN T: Studies

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