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Maxwell AFB, Alabama, May 1961

Date of account
1961-05
Location
Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 1C073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 22May 61 Maxwell AFB,Ala bama 口 Was Balloon ProbgbiyBailoon 口 Possibiy Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Locai 0330 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProboblyAircraft DAirVisuol Air-lntorcapt Radqr 口 Possibly Aircrait GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomical Venus CYas Probabiy Astronomicai O-No Mlitary 口 PossiblyAstronomicol COURSE Orhor. Inversion 7.LENGTH OFOBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation 1 hr 38 minutes One C Unknown 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SICHTINC 11.COMMENTS Oval shaped object 6i radar uscd in track ng weather fronts thing else would hardly show on darhad ATICFORM329(RZV26BZP52)

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