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Lakenheath, England, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Lakenheath, England
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 4Mar61 Lakenheath,England 口 Probobly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION .Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aireroft GMT + 0350Z D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol MeTeoR aY. 口 Probobly Astronomical XNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown Falling 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt falling tOWard . coMMENTsNo reentry this date. Color and earth burning bright blue and giving off general ldescription conform to sparks,of red color. Sighted at 6o° elevation 270° meteoroligal sighting. a8. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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