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Catalina Island, California, November 1961

Date of account
1961-11
Location
Catalina Island, California
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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 11 Nov 61 Catalina Island,California 口 Probably Bollocn 口 Possibly Bclloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local_Unkmown Ground-Visua! D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircroft AirViswal D Air-Intorcept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHoTos Physical Evidence 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol DNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS9.COURSE 只 Other- Drope Sonde 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown N/A 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGObjt ObSerVed cOming 1.coMMENTs Drop Sonde recovered iaentified down by parachute.Recovered and turned over as belonging to U. S. Navy. to Air Force for iaentification. AT1C FORM 329(REV 26BXP S2)

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