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Holt, Minnesota, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
Holt, Minnesota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15 Jan 61 Holt,Minnesota 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local_1900 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 160100Z DAi~Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol MeTeo OYes 品 Probobly Astronomicol No Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2 sec 1 10.BRiEF sUMMARY OF SIGHTINGRound, blue-white object|ll. coMMENTsSeVeral repOrts received this size of basketball.No sound heard. Appeared month from several parts of the country to break-up into several small chunks of xxx all very similar to this one. The blue-white light just prior to disappearing. earth is passing through several meteor No estimate of elevation.L

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