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Ephrata, Washington, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Ephrata, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Ephrata, Washington 口 Wos Balloon 3Mar 61 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 2148 Local. Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT- 040548Z AinVisual Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol VENU'S OYes VISup4 Probably Astronomical ONo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION RASAR 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 7min 1 MN 10. BRIEF sUMMARY oF sIGHTiNe Round objt, Size Of Peall. coMMENTsAppearance Of objt and its changing white to red, continuous light until azimuthfm the observer suggests that disappearance. Observed in level postion at it was probably planet Venus. From 2 o'ciock. Disappeared on horizon at 2 o'clodkwitnesses' location and altitude planet Cbjt appeared

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