Watchung, New Jersey, April 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-04
- Location
- Watchung, New Jersey
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 30Apr61 watchung,New Jersey 口 WasBalloon 坦 ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP PossiblyBalloon 6. TYPEOFOBSERVATION 1845 Local. KGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT30/2345Z DAirVisual DAir-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos. 口 ProbablyAstronomical .No Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficiontData for Evaluation Varied 口 20 seconds Unknown one 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS ilver colored obiect.Looked like a pie- Description indicates that the object plate at a great distance.Object disappeare was probably a weather balloon.The and reappeared.Seemed to be blinking. duration of the sighting is rather shoft Balloons are released about l800 hours by the weather Bureau.ind was fron the rlest. ATIC FO
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