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Mc Clellan AFB, California, July 1961

Date of account
1961-07
Location
Mc Clellan AFB, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 26Ju161 Mc Clellan AFB, California Prabably Balloon D Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF O3SERVATION 口 Was Aireraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Local-2301 口 Probobiy Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft 2707102 XO·AirVisuol Air-intorcopt Rodar GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical MtTc 5.PHOTOS Probably Astronomical CYas 口 Possibly Astronomical XDNo Military 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Othor. 7.LENGTH OF.OSSERVATION 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaiuation 口 Unknown 15sec 1 SE entering at time of this sighting. 10 times diameter of objt.Observed 45° elev reported duration is slightly longer then 270°az.Brokeup a30°elev,180°azand faded usual for a meteor moving easterly.How Night sighting. ever,it is quite possible that duration was overestimated as is usually case.Okjt has all characteristics of a bolide disintegrating before

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