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SW of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
SW of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 8Aug 61 口 Wos Balloon SW of Carlisle,Pennsylvania 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibiy Balloon 4.TYPEOF O3SERVATION 2158 Local. OGround.Visual Ground-Radar 口 口 Probobly Aireraf! GMT. 090258z AlVisuol Air-Intorc#pt Rador 口 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Waa Astronomical CY 口 Probably Astronomical ONO: Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP.OASERVATION 8.NUMBER OP OSJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor- InsufHciont Data forEvaluation 5-10min 口 Unknown 1 NE 10. BRIEP sUMMARY OF SIGHTING Light ObSerVed OVerhead 11. coMMENTsSounds like Echo I, however, aoving to NE disappeared in 5-lO min.Light insuffieient info to confirm this was brighter than star. Movement had variations, given in letter. Request for additional not a/c. info sent to witness,however no ansver received. ATICFORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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