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El Portal, Florida, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
El Portal, Florida
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15Jan 61 El Portal,Florida 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft 谷 Probably Aircraft 16/0145Z GMT DAi~Viswal Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical XOYNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 1 NW 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright Objt, blinking 11.coMMENTs Probably a/c as indicated by lights,travelling Nw fast over N part of blinking lights. Dade County Florida. ATIC FORM 329(RRV 26BEP S2)

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