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Bark River, Michigan, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
Bark River, Michigan
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 27 Feb 61 Bark River,Michigan 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local_2215 6round-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 2803152 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomicol No 口 Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 OthorUUIOEUTIFIEI Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 10min Unknown 1 N 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGROUnd, fiery red Objt, 1. coMMENTsDescription of objt is similar about size of a grapefruit.Light rays to that of a fireball,except that it appeared to be projected ahead of objt. projected light rays ahead of it and Sighted--aprox elevation 20°,azimuth 270° x duration was much too long. Objt was Disappeared 0°elevation,36o°az

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