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Guard Island (vicinity Ketchikan), March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Guard Island (vicinity Ketchikan)
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIGNS 口 WasBalloon 13Mar61 Guard Island (vicinity Ketchikan) ProbablyBolloon Alaska 口 Possibiy Bolioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2210 xxGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircroft .Local、 口 Probobly Aircraf! K40610Z GMT Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol CAfELLA aYes 口 Probably Astrononical XNo Military Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 37min 1 S-N 10. BRIEF sUMMARY oF SIGHTING Brilliant white, circulab. CoMMENTsSlow mOVement and flight path objt,between grapefruit and basketball in of objt is characteristic of an astro- size.Color: fm a brilliant white light toa nomical body. Star Capella was in position fierce orange color to a brilliant green-blue,reported for objt, and this

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