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Duluth, Minnesota, May 1961

Date of account
1961-05
Location
Duluth, Minnesota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 31My61 口 WasBalloon Duluth,Minnesota 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibiy Balloon Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT. 0105552.10461961 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 PossibiyAirerait 5.PHOTOS 5.SOURCE 口 WosAstronomicol ETe aYes Probably Astronomical D.No Civilian D PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 1-15 sec 口 Unknown descended to O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUnd, Size of baseballju. coMMENTsDescription is characteristic blue in coior. Had tail 8-10 long red and fireball.Duration is longer than usual yellow.Descended to W losing altitude very for meteor; however, some meteors have been ast.Ended in blue glow. knowm to be in view longer than 15 sec. Two witnesses reportediy saw an objt at ab

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