Las Vegas, New Mexico, October 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-10
- Location
- Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 140ct61 Las Vegas, New Mexico 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGroundVisua! Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircroft 150613Z GMT D AirYiswal Air-intercept Rodar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomicoliUrTER XProbably Astronomicol XDNa Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OPOBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 8min WSW 口 Unknown 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS Oojt responsible for sighting was probably planet Jupiter. Description given by witness is that which is eharacteristic of a planet or star distorted by atmospheric refraction. Reports state that an inversion existed in areaduring time of sighting. Witness never reported any lateral velocity.Due to fact thatsighting took place i
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