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20 NM W of Junction, Texas, December 1961

Date of account
1961-12
Location
20 NM W of Junction, Texas
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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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 a Wos Balloon 12 Dec 1961 20 NM W of Junction,Texa.s 口 Probably Ballcon 口 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4 D GroundVisual D Ground-Radar Wos Aiicraft Locol 口 Prcbably Aireroft GMT_13/0409Z O AIrVIvd Air-lntercept Rador D Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aY. 口 Probobly Astronomicol ONQX Military 口 Possibly Astronomjcol BECAYGIAEPS 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE -ie410 口 Insufficient Doto for Evqluation 口 Unknown 25-30 Seconds One Descending 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Meteor like object white, yellow red. Observation of decay of 196lA Epsisi First glowed as sphere.Exploded into is possible. Revolution on decay segnents. report. All characteristics of reentry are present. ATIC PORY 329 (REY 26SEP S2)

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