L.G. Hanscomb Field, Mass., February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- L.G. Hanscomb Field, Mass.
- 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 7Feb 61 口 Was Balloon L.G. Hanscomb Field, Mass. 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local. 1730 B Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireraft 口 Probobly Aircraf! 072230Z GMT DAi~Visuol D Air-Intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol VENUS OYes Probably Astronomical CCNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. InsufficientDoto for Evaluation 口 Unknown 4hrs. 1 NW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING White objt Size Of half 11.coMMENTsLong duration ofsighting dollar observed first at aprox 8o° angle.Dis suggests witness was watcning an astro- appeared at o° 4 hours later.Appeared to turn nomical body.Planet Venus was in W a reddish-orange as it began to disappear into moving Nw,path noted by witness. Change the west
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