Maxwell AFB, Alabama, January 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-01
- Location
- Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 23 Jan 61 Maxwell AFB,Alabama 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon Local_2030 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Airerof! 240130Z GMT AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol MeTEoR 口 OYes Probably Astronomical DNo Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 2 sec MN-S JO M- 口 Unknown 1 or ball-il. coMmENtsDescription and duration is like"object,blue or blue-white in color. charaeteristic of a meteor entering the Variously described as halz-dollar to basket- earth's atmosphere. There were a large bala in regard to size."Burned out" before number of witnesses,indicating that it hitting ground. All observers sas the obje
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