Washington, D.C., July 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-07
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Jul washington, D. 口 Probabiy Balloon DXPossiblyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireraf: Local ProboblyAircroft CMT Air-Visual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OSSERVATION 6.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 insufficientData forEvaluction 口 Unknown 2min o. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Star-like ObJt. Single l. cOMMENTSIt iS qUite possible that objt objt breaking into 4 pioces.Moved fm zenith observed was weather balloon released 020° Sw.Seemed to disentigrate.3 pieces 15 min prior to sighting. It was reported isappeared in l min,4th l min later. that this balloon burst prior to reachis altitude at about tine sighting was made ATIC FORM329(REV26SEP 52)
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