Metuchen, New Jersey, July 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-07
- Location
- Metuchen, New Jersey
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25Ju161 Metuchen, New Jersey 口 Probably Balloon 口 Poszibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OSSERVATION 2030 Local DGround-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraf! 260130Z GMT QAirVisuol Air-Intorcept Rodar 口 S.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DY+s 口 Probably Astronomical DNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othsr. oxInsufficiont Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10min 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ObSerVed What thOught m.coMMENTsInsuffieient Data to form to be skywrighter.As objt approached appeared conelusion, however, it is possible that LS bright as sun.Golden color with firelike this was a high flying jet of late conf exhaust. Made arc ax across sky. ration with first observation one of con trails and latter observation distorted refleetion
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