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100 NM WNW of Kalispell, Montana, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
100 NM WNW of Kalispell, Montana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20 Feb 61 100 NM wNW of Kalispell, Montana Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon 4. Local_1920 Ground-Visual DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 210220Z AirVisual D Air-Intercopt Rodor Possibly Aircraft 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical ETeOK OYes Probably Astronomicol XNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Dote for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10 Sec 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Oblong, cigar-Shaped l. coMmENTsDescription and duration is objt, size of dime to pea, green changing to characteristic to type of meteor dull orange. Broke y before disappearance. called a bolide. Meteor was apparently Possible short trail causing shape.A/c in process of becoming a bolide when reported objt not moving

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