Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-08
- Location
- Cape Canaveral, Florida
- 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 onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Cape Canaveral,Elorida 口 Probably Balloon 8Aug 61 口 Possibiy Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME.GROUP 口 Was Aircraft 2100 XOKGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Local 口 Probably Aireraft 口 090200Z D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar GMT 口 Was Astronomicol MeTcoC 6.SOURCE 5.'PHOTOS DK Probobly Astronomical DYas 口 Possibly Astronomical Military XONo 8.NUMBER OF O3JECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor- 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaiuation 口 Unknown 1 NW 3-5 sec . coMMENtsSpeed, color, ete., conform to 10. BRIE# SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUna White, Objt observation of meteor.Absence of tail dan describea as light. Appeared at 30° elev, 3o°T az.Disappeared at 3o° elev, 9o° az afterbe explained in that occasionally tail is very faint and is not always observed straight level flight.Estimated at l,5oo', Appearance of altitud
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