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Salt Lake City, Utah, October 1961

Date of account
1961-10
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20ct61 Salt Iake City,Utah 口 Probobly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 1215 XpGround-Visual 口Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 0219162 XAirVisuo O Air-intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT_ 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomico! OKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- Prob_Sun Dog 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15min one Varied 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SUn at time and date of direction coincident with that reported for UFo UFO was reported to be at elevation of aprox 22° above horison while absolute elev of unfmSaltLakareawas46°59'42"at time of sighting.This would putobjt at aprox p4°below sun. It is noted that weather conditions at tine of sighting indicate high

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