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Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
Gaithersburg, Maryland
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 26Se961 Gaithersburg, Maryland 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibiy Balloon 1912 Local EDT X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 262312Z 口 Probably Aircraft GMT DAi~Viswol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DY.. 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical No civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Descending 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTSCj prob Ur ght white set C was esu. ng inan tude to witnoss availbabe iniicating Cner than an a/e ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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