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Gibson City, Illinois, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
Gibson City, Illinois
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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 29Aug 61 Gibson City, Illinois 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XKGround-Visual Ground-Redar Was Aircraft Probobly Aircraft GMT- 3002352 D AirVi sual D Air-lntercopt Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical OY. 口 Probably Astronomicol XXKNe Civilian Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation W 口 Unknown 15 min 7 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 7 yelloW Or Orange ObjtS too high to destinguish shapes in formation in Panda Bear sector during this time. of staggered line.Appearing as lights only i Probable sighting of this operation. sight for l5 min.Initial sighting to W moving to N turned back to W and faded out. Clear night.Air to air refueling in operatiop in area. ATIC PORM 329(RE

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