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Golden, Colorado, July 1961

Date of account
1961-07
Location
Golden, Colorado
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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Golden,Colorado 口 Probably Balloon 10 Ju16 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Probabiy Aircrait Locol 口 PossiblyAircraf OAirViauol Air-Intarcept Rodar GMT. 口 Was Asironomical 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomicol Yas 口 Possibly Astronomicol Civilian Ball lightaing No 9.COURSE 口 Othar.. 3.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Unknown 1min 1 changing to 11.COMMENTS Atmospherie conditions condueti ve 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGBIU to ball lightning.Case considered as cbs J ite then red. Siae of base ball.Witness vation of this phenomena. attention attracted by strange color. Observed at 45° elev and disappeared behind mountains after l min. Lightning in area. Thunderstorns ATIC FORM329(RZV263EP52)

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