Tyndal AFB, Florida, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Tyndal AFB, Florida
- 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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26 Feb 61 Tyndal AFB,Florida 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 1935 Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aireroft GMT 270035Z Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Wos Astronomical VeRsUS OYes 口 Probobly Astronomical No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dote for Evaluotion Unknown 10 Min 1 W-E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGElliptiCal, SiZe Of . coMMENTsObjt was probably planet Venus grapefruit. Color was very similar to a star On day of sighting planet was of magnityed very bright.Objt was traveling on a steady -4.3, as bright as it ever gets. Planet course, seemed to bounce every five seconds. was low on horizon and in a direction First observed
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