Tyndal AFB, Florida, May 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-05
- Location
- Tyndal AFB, Florida
- 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 9May61 口 WasBalloon Tyndal AFB,Florida 口 ProbablyBolloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 口 PossiblyBolioon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 1945 Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbabiyAircroft 100145Z GMT Ai~Visuol Air-InterceptRador 口 Possibiy Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes 口 ProboblyAstronomical No Mlitary and Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTHOF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. Nr 1SW-N 口 InsufficientDatoforEvaluation 5-20min 口 Unknown 2 Nr2 SW-SE 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGSlightly elliptical. 11.coMMENTsAngular velocity of high fly- Size of grapefruit.Color similar to star. ing jet a/c and of Echo are aprox same. Seemed to be traveling in an oblique formationlIt is quite possible that a passing a/c SeemedthatsatelliteEchowasbeingobserved was sighted and due to excietaent mis- lstobjtseemedtobecomi
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