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Southern Calif., January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
Southern Calif.
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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 16 Jan 61 口 Was Balloon Southern Calif. 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bailoon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 16/2400z D Ai~Viswol Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OY 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2 sec e 1 W 10. Santa Barbaegg shaped size of football, blue irredesent color.Objt with long firey rea tail breaking up. Tail had white center. Descending fm 6o° elev in E to horizon in W. Duration 2 sec. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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