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E Coast US, September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
E Coast US
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 Was Balloon 13 Sep 61 E Coast US Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local ETXGroundVisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 GMT. 0939Z D AirViswel DAir-Intorcopt Radqr 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos. 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 0.NUMBEROFOBJECTS9.COURSE OthorRocket launch 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5-7 sec 1 an 10. BRIEF SUMMARY.OF SIGHTING RePOrt Of NASA eXPeri- l1. coMmENTs Confirmed NASA Experimantal mental rocket launch fm Wallops Island,Vir- rocket launch. ginia..Release of sodium material over loo mi up; chemical visible for some distance in Atlantic up and dowm Atlantic Coast and as fas as Midwestern U.S.(inland). ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SRP S2)

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