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Columbus, Ohio, November 1961

Date of account
1961-11
Location
Columbus, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 18 Nov 61 Columbus, Ohio Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local--- 1510 XD Ground-Visua! DGround-Radar 口 Wos Aircrafi 口 Probobly Aireraft 1820107 D AirVisua! Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Passibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYos 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTHOF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 InsufficiontData for Evaluation SW 口 Unknown 5min and 20 min lea time 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING2 rePOrts Of Smae Objt. il.commenrs Observation fm footbail stadium 1.Round. objt as light brighter than Believed to be possible balloon. No con- stars.Faraway as if reflecting sum. Above and flicting info ene charaeteristics and to right of sun. Maintained same position is appearance or balloon presant. relation to sun

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