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2 1/2 mi N of Troy, Ohio, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
2 1/2 mi N of Troy, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17 Jan 61 21/2 mi N of Troy, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local2040 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_180140Z AirVisual D Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. X Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 5.sec. N-S the S-NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGLight traVeled aCrOSS 1.coMmENTswitness reported shape of objedt sky. Came from N; disappeared to S; reappeared as that of lightning with no color.It traveling NE; returned about half way; then must have had some light color for him to exploded.No sound. Gave appearance of jet see it. Object was reported to have dis ex

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