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Forbes AFB, Kansas, January 1961

Date of account
1961-01
Location
Forbes AFB, Kansas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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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 (1)Forbes AFB,Kansas,(2) McConnell 口 IWos Bolloon 30 Jan 61 AFB, Kansas,&(3) Kirksville, Mo. 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local0100 XKGround-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_300700Z Ai~Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol uETeoR OYes Probobly Astronomicol KNo Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation (1)10-12Sec,(2)3sec(3)30-60sec 口 Unknown 1 W-E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 3 rptS rCVd. Rpt Nr l: 11.coMMENTsAlthough duration reported by Round, size of quarter,white or blue-green one witness is excessive, description changing to red just prior to burn out. Re- isicharacteristic of a meteor.Meteor sembled a l

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