40 mi W of Santa Rosa Island, January 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-01
- Location
- 40 mi W of Santa Rosa Island
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 40 mi W of Santa Rosa Island, 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 1.6 Jan 61 & Los Angeles,California 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 1800 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft 170200Z N AirVisuol D Air-Intercept Radar GMT Was Astronomical eTEoR 6.SOURCE 口 5.PHOTOS Probobly Astronomicol OYes 口 Possibly Astronomical Military and Civilian QNo 口 Other- 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-4 Sec One then many Descending l.coMMENTs Description of object is charad 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUnd ObjeCt, SiZe Of basketball. Blueish white, like an electric arc teristic of a meteor breaking up in No definate formation.Object seen by pilot; the earth's atmosphere. passing off port side object broke int
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