Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
- 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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 3Feb 61 Spangdahlem Air Base,Germany 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon Local- 1803 Ground-Visual DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMTO1703Z Ai~Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Wos Astronomical MeTeo OYes Probably Astronomical No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 8-12 Seconds 1 SW-NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGRound,almOSt pUre Whitel 11.coMMENTsObject was moving to NE, or in object, size of baseball held in hand at arms direction overtaking the Earth as it length. Appearance of large bright star, only rotated.Speed of object rules out much closer.No tail,trail,or exhaust ob- possibility that object was a satellite； ser
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