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Lake Charles, Louisiana, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana
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 口 Was Balloon 13Aug 61 Lake Charles, Louisiana Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possi bly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 2030 XB Ground-Yisual 口Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT1402302 D Ai~Viswal D Air-lntercept Radar 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical Mlitary Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE ax othor_Parachute flare 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown No time 1 None 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. coMMENTs Objt reported at 2030 13 Aug. Over Lake Charles,La. Objt recovered at 1500 14 Aug and identified as M-l3l para chute flare.Origin not determined. Repoft made since objt was front page item in newspaper. ATICFORM 329(RZV 26 SRP 52)

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