Falls Church, Virginia, May 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-05
- Location
- Falls Church, Virginia
- 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 onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24May61 Falls Church,Virginia 口 Probobiy Bolioon 口 Possibiy Bailoon 3.DATE-TIAE GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local 2004EDST Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Airerafr GMT Air-Visuol Air-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProboblyAstronomical No Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 InsufficientData forEvaiuotion 口 Unknown 20min Overhea ho.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGObJt appearing as light,l1. cOMMENTs Objt appears to have same solid,viewed through binoculars.Silver white choracteristies of a balloon sighting, color.Viewed overhead for 2O min.Separated which was reported to FTD by Maj vanished,Appeared to be extremely high. Coleman SAFoI-3c.It is not unusual for a balloon to appear bright and to have color i
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