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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 1961

Date of account
1961-04
Location
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 1Apr61 Guantanamo Bay,Cuba 口 ProbablyBalloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP YGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircraft GMP1/10347 r61 DAirViwal DAir-InterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y 口 ProbablyAstronomical 6'NO Military 口 PossiblyAstronomicai Missile 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other 口 InsufficientDataforEvaluation 2Minutes One Descending 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round yellow ball trailing black smoke.Smoke Identitied as nissile test 821 Titan dissapated raoidly.Cbserved from 30 deg J-15. Maxwe!! AFB ATTN. Petospoce Dircctor elevation in East disappearing below horizon. Archives RETURN Alabama Banch TO AT1C PORM329（REV 26SEP 52)

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