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Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, August 1961

Date of account
1961-08
Location
Pleasant Garden, North Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 30 Aug 61 Pleasant Garden,North Carolina Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local_2030 XXD Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT-310130Z D AirVieual D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yo 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Ox Other- Poss Satellite 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15min 1. S 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGLight no brighter than . coMMeNrs Not confirmed with space track, stars. Appeared in W.Disappeared in S in however sighting has characteristics of straight flight path. Occasional flickering satellite. Pulsating and wavering accounted or pulsating. Due W 20-25° elev to due S for by atmospheric condi

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