Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 1Feb61 Cambridge, Massachusetts 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local_1640 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aireroft 口 Probably Aircraft 2140Z GMT Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol VEUuS aYes 口 Probobly Astronomical No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5hrs. 1 W 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINcRound bright Silver- 1. coMmENTs Object probably planet Venus. colored object.between size of pea and head ofIt is notunusual for the planet to be pin. &ux Looked almost like a star.8o° eleva- seen in the daytime and it was very bright tion when first observed. Disappeared toward during this period having a magnitude of horizon.
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