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Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokota, Japan, May 1961

Date of account
1961-05
Location
Atsugi, Japan 80 mi W yokota, Japan
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 Atsugi, Japan 口 WasBalloon 1May61 80mi W yokota. Japan 口 ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 PossiblyBalloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircroft 0958z GMT AirVisuol Air-lnterceptRador PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol MeTEcr Yes 西 ProbablyAstronomicol No Military 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTHOF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientDota forEvaluation 口 Unknown 10-12 sec Descending 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING White burning objt witHll.coMMENTs Duration and description confdrm tail.Burned out. toobservationofmeteor. AT1CFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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