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Champaign Illinois, June 1961

Date of account
1961-06
Location
Champaign Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 5Jun 61 Chanpaign Ilinois 口 Was Balloon 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF O3SERYATION Local 2304 YGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProbobiyAircraft DAi~Visual Air-intarcaptRadar 口 PossibiyAircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Bootes OYas ProbablyAstronomicol C-NO Civilian 口 PossibiyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE Orhar 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 30 seconds eight SE-MW 口 Unknown J0.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Eight objects,round in "y" formation.Sighted No distance moved included and it is almosb directly overhead,Second observer saw assumed that disappearance was overhesd only one light object and was unsure that it also.The constellation Bootes was was anything except a star.No air traffic directly overhead at the time of the reported fron

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