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Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska
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 10073RECORDCARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2..LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Wos Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 5 Feb 61. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aireraft %Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft Locol_1827 060527Z AirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar GMT 口 Was Astronomicol MeTEo 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probobly Astronomicol OYes 的 Possibly Astronomical XNo Civilian 9.COURSE 口 Other- 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 Unknown 15 sec 1 l.coMMENTscharacteristics of object are 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGA Very large White light those of a meteor. shaped like a star resembling a meteor or missile. Had a tail. Appeared and disappeared at 22° horizontal NE.Disappeared instantane- ously. AT1CPORM329(REV26SEP52)

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