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Point Pleasant, New Jersey, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 9Aug61 Point Pleasant,New Jersey 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1204 AM GroundVisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft GMT- 17052 D Ai~Visual D Air-Intercopt Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DY.. 口 Probably Astronomical ONO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE OthSatellite 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Satellite mOVing SE. l.coMmENrsEcho not area. Possible satellite,however,info hot available to determine exactly which one.Since observer considered objt as satellite and objt moving in proper direction case is carried as satellite. ATIC FORM 329(RRV 263ZP S2)

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