Ft. Meade, Maryland, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Ft. Meade, Maryland
- 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 onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 27Feb 61 Ft.Meade,Maryland 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 2245 Ground.Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft 280345Z DAi~Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYes 口 Probably Astronomical 百No Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other. Temp Inversion 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 20min Erratic 口 Unknowm 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt Seen On grOUnd 11.coMMENTsAn analysis Of this report was radar.Unusually high speed,ability to stand made by radar specialists and it was still,high rate of change of direction. Sighted determined that target was probably elevation aprox 6300',A8 aprox 270°. caused by a temperature inversion. Disappeared elevation 8prox 6300',AZ ap
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