Gettysburg AFS, South Dakota, October 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-10
- Location
- Gettysburg AFS, South Dakota
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 160ct61 Gettysburg AFS,South Dakota 口 Probobly Ballcon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1805 Local. GroudVisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft OXProbobly Aireroft GMT. 1700052 D AirViswud D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYos 口 Probably Astronomical DNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTHOF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20min 1 Varied lO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGObjt SiZe Of baSeCall. i.coMmENtsWitnesses signted what they thoigh Heavy contrail,apparently heavier at time,re- to be a contrail heavier than that normall portealy disappearing during maneuvers.Objt left by a/c.There were 2B-52's in area appeared fm 26o° aprox,proceeding in NE track, at time xhi with a flight path closely
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