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6738N 16325W (PACIFIC), September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
6738N 16325W (PACIFIC)
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 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 22 Sep 61 6738N 16325W 口 Was Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probably Balloon 4 TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft GMT_ 230459Z 口 Probably Aircraft DAirVi swal 5.PHOTOS Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE OY 口 Was Astronomical Civilian Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Lmin 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown M 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING is yi planet Cause of nisidentification was probably Venus above planet was distorted and dis- colored due to atmospherie refraetion. Fa n区 nd ng ng out tne ec acteristically associated w/refractior ends to substontiate this coneiusion. Disappearance was due to setting ofplanet ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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