Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-10
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 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 onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 180ct61 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 口 Probably Balioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1850 XaGroundVisuo! 口Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT. 182350Z D AirVisual D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical MeTeO DY.. Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XDNo 7.LENGTHOFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 5min 1 NW 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt MOVing SlOWly fOr 11.coMmENTs Objt has all characteristics 5 min vith red-yellowish tail.Vanished in ofmeteor of fireball class except that i seconds.Looked like comet very close.At dusk. was viewedmoving slowly for5min and then vanished in seconds. Witness enclosed drawing and description of fireball.This along with statenent that objt vani
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