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Washington, D.C., June 1961

Date of account
1961-06
Location
Washington, D.C.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 18 Jun 61 Washington, D.C. 口 Was Balioon 口 ProbabiyBailoon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibiy Boiloon tocol.2045EDT BGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 19/00L52Jun61 口 ProbablyAircrafr GMT. DAirVisuol DAir-lntsrcapt Radar 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DY9s 口 Was Astronomicallagulus ProbabiyAstronomical XONo Civilian 口 PossibiyAstronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S.NUMBEROFO3JECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 10-15 minutes 口 InsufficisntDota forEvaluation one Between Earth &H onUnknown 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object seemed to appear from behind the Tnis sighting resulted from the moon and then disappear back behind the misidentification of the bright star moon,Appeared only as a light. Regulus (mag l.3) during the occulatibn which occured on l8 Jun.This was not a true occulation because the true occultation for i

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