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Carswell AFB, Texas, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Carswell AFB, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2..LOCATION Was Balloon 1.DATE 口 Probcbly Balloon Carswell AF'B, Texas 口 Possibly Bolloon 12Mar 61 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Was Aircraft Ground-Rodar ProbablyAireraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP XGround-Visual 口 Possibly Aircraft 1612 .Local Air-intercept Radar AinViswol 口 Was Astronomical 122212Z 口 Probably Astronomical GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Possibly Astronomical 5.'PHOTOS OYes Military 口 Other. No 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Unknown 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 2 5 min. [11. coMmENTsObjts were probably highflying 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, bright Silver a/c.Convair is located at Carswell and objects. Size of nickles.Appeared side by they are presently flying B-58 a/c.Thi side.Appeared directly overhead at 40,000 is a relatively large delta-winged plane One objt disappeared going straight up; 2nd and could appear as a disc at h

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