5.5 mi E of Herndon, Virginia, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- 5.5 mi E of Herndon, Virginia
- 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 27 Feb 61 口 Was Balloon 5.5 mi E of Herndon,Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local_2015 以Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft GMT 280115Z Ai~Visual D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 品 Was Astronomical VeXiUS OYes Probably Astronomical αNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口口 Other. Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1hr kxx 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Oval-ShaPed, dullyellOW 11. comMENTsApparent slow movement tends td light, size of pea. Objt first sighted above indicate that objt was an astronomical horizon as a red glow,which changed to yellop owbody.Planet Venus was in postion orange,and white.Sighted about lo°above indicated for objt, and planet was at horizon,
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