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Torrejon, Spain, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
Torrejon, Spain
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24Feb61 Torrejon,Spain 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Ground-Visual D Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aireraft GMT 0514Z Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 的 Was Astronomicol METEoR OYes 口 Probobly Astronomical 为No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2-3 sec 1 Descending 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright Objt Sighted l1. coMmENTsAll characteristicspresent to ESE at elevation of 40-45°in downward even in this limited information. trajectory. Speed fast and objt exploded when l0-15° above horizon. OF METEOR, ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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