Yuma, Arizona, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Yuma, Arizona
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 27 Feb 61 Yuma,Arizona 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local1041 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft GMT_271741Z Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 ProboblyAstronomical ON区 Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. Poss Chaff 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 1hr48min 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Similar tO Chaff drop. 11.coMMENTsSighting was made only on Gradually lost altitude, very slow moving. radar. FTD radar specialists indicate Gradually faded. Rate of descent--aprox 300' that most plausible explanation is that per minute. a chaff drop was being conducted. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP52)
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