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2815N 7741W (E of Cape Canaveral), February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
2815N 7741W (E of Cape Canaveral)
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 20 Feb 61 2815N 774lW (E of Cape Canaveral) 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 2005 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraf! 2101052 Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aireroft GMT 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical αNo CiNILIAN 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 首 Other- Prob Missile 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 90 Sec 1 SW-NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Amber-cOlored objt, 11. coMMENTsWitnesses were located aprox 1'in diameter,bearing 25o° T rising 150 NM E of Cape Canaveral.Flight path to sky very rapidly and set to 07o° T. No of objt is characteristic of missile on souna heard.Objt was bright and circular its take-off.A check indicates that a fo

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