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Washington, DC, May 1961

Date of account
1961-05
Location
Washington, DC
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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 May,2h May,1 June Washington,DC 口 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local_1900 Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft 2400Z GMT. OAi~Visual Air-InterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbobiyAstronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical HNo Ciyilian 7.LENGTHOF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 30min 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTINGCylindrical Objt 1/3 . coMMENTs Observer was probably witnessing size of moon red-white-brown colored rotating weather balloon released daily at 24o0z viewed through binoculars on three separate fm Bolling AFB Weather Station. Sighting occassions.Viewed usually for 3O min. Winds did not vary with each report, assume rere calm and not more tha

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