Lanett, Alabama, March 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-03
- Location
- Lanett, Alabama
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 5Mar 61 Lanett,Alabama 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 1221 EST Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircroff GMTC5/17212 AirVisuol Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomical GKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE -jeyo EchoI 国 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4min 1 口 Unknown NE BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt like EchO I Only 11.coMMENTsIf first view of Echo by 4 times as fast viewed from 45-50° elev in witness was made when Satellite was SW. No noise, on vapor trail. Orange with silver toward horizon, appearance over- edges,round or disk shaped. Size of Venus. head would lead observer to believe that speed was much greater.No evide
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