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Mackinaw, Illinois, November 1961

Date of account
1961-11
Location
Mackinaw, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Ballcon 19 Nov 61 Mackinaw,Illinois 口 Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Was Aircraft Local XGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Probobly Aircraf! GMT Air-Visuol DAir-InterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProboblyAstronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical No Civilian OtherPanda Bear refueling 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluatiog 3-4 min. 口 Unknowm Generally E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS men plowing field at night noticed bright It is concluded that sighting resulted light in Sw. They stopped tractors to watch when a refueling mission occurred in light and observed it to break into numerous Panda Bear refueling sector.Pattern other lights. These lights faded in and out of lights described by witnesse

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