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Los Angeles, California, October 1961

Date of account
1961-10
Location
Los Angeles, California
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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Wos Bolloon 13ia0ct 61 Los Angeles,California oXProboblyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION 2120 GroundVisuol 口Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircrafi Local 1105202 口 ProbablyAircraft D AirViwol DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol DYs 口 ProbablyAstronomicol XOKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 InsufficiontData forEvaluotion 8-10min 口 UnknowT 1 Erratic researchballoon with erratic movement.Appearance of being solidfm Hughes a/c or nearby a/e industries and breaking into additional lights.Blurred obfati international airport.Objt has charact er long shape.Darting,hovering,rotating; serarh istics of balloon launch and observation lights fm a/c compaines in area following objt.Jets took off fm Hughes a/e to fo

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