5 Mi S of Minden, Nevada, March 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-03
- Location
- 5 Mi S of Minden, Nevada
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBailoon 17Mar61 5mi S of Minden,Nevada 口 ProbablyBolloon 口 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION PossiblyBailoon Local 2210 Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProbablyAircroft GMT 1806102 Ai~Visual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical 只No 口 PossiblyAstronomical Civilian 7.LENGTHOF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. InsufficientData forEvaiuation 口 Unknown 5 sec 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINcBright white,Circular 11.COMMENTSObjt waS possibly reentry of objt,size of pea.Objt had 2 bright lights 61Beta 3orrocket body ofT Transit l. close together.Source stated characteristics tis also possible that it was a meteor and lighting were not those of falling star. However,since it is not known where the Objt sighted 10-20miles SE of observer's artific
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