Wilmington, Delaware, August 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-08
- Location
- Wilmington, Delaware
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25 Aug 61 Wiimington, Delaware Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 2000 X Ground-Vi sual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 260100Z 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT. D Ai~Viual D Air-lntercopt Radqr 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aY 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical O.No Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Unkno wn 20 min 1 SW lo. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTINoShiny White Starlike l. commENts Description of oojt similar to objt w/red dot edtached fm it. Looked a littleearlier sighted objts which were determinep larger than Venus. Exploded into pieces. to be balloons.Smoke reported was probabl lue to condensation formed when it burst. Cresent of light is to be expected when palloon is g
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