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Kadena, OKINAWA, April 1961

Date of account
1961-04
Location
Kadena, OKINAWA
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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Kadena,OKNAwA 口 WasBalloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 PossiblyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT Air-lnterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomicall.otcor OY 口 ProbablyAstronomical D-No 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATICN 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientDota forEvaluation Few Seco ne N 口 Unknown 10.BRIEFSUMMARYOFSIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ti Description of the object given by the sn! e0 fter witnesses conforms to a bolide.Check 23 arc reveals no satellite reentries this escend D movin dire date.No evidenc.to indicate that In sitht for this was other than a bolideobservation. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP52)

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