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Johnson Is., Pacific, September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
Johnson Is., Pacific
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Johnson Is.,Pacifie 口 Wes Balloon 17 Sep 61 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 18/12302 GMT XKAirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor DY. 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical XNO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluetion D Unknown min S 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING re t.COMMENTS descripted as 001100 itedat md 23 levation of observation nan. basketba ng tra snot Intensity speed con- C are over hoxizon. Raiio perator described 3.5 roiaish color &observed trail of sparks sinilar to emerm neel. operator could not describe xkscolot niy light red sparks trailing. Ordinanceman cribed sax as burstor fire. ATIC FORM 329(R

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