10 mi SW of Russell and between Russell and Salina, Kansas, January 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-01
- Location
- 10 mi SW of Russell and between Russell and Salina, Kansas
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 10 mi Sw of Russell and between 口 Wos Bolloon 27Jan61 Russell and Salina,Kansas 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local_2334 Ground-Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT280534Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical MeTeoR OYes M Probobly Astronomical XNo Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 Sec. 1 Descending Appeared in SW. Disappeared dowmward. Witnesses aprox 7O NM and all saw the seme objt heard explosion. at the same time,which indicates objt must have been at very high altitude. Description and duration is character- istic of a meteor.Witnesses reported hearing an explosion. Some meteors called b
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