Cape Thompson, Alaska, July 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-07
- Location
- Cape Thompson, Alaska
- 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 26Ju161 Cape Thompson, Alaska 口 Probably Bclloon 口 Possibly Boiloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local DGround-Visual DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aircroft 口 Probably Aircraft 261025Z GMT AirVisuel D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol □Ys 口 Probobly Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicol ONo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFO3JECTS 9.COURSE Othor- Flare 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluction 口 Unknown 10 sec 1 Descending 0. BRiEF sUMMARY oF SIGHTING Red flash through cloudsJi. cOMMENTSU.S. cOaSt and geodetie opera- iisappeared into sea.Observed at lo° elev. tions in area aetivifies probable cause such as flare etc. ATIC PORM329(REV 26SEP 52)
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