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Washington, D.C., December 1961

Date of account
1961-12
Location
Washington, D.C.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSKONS 口 Wos Bellcon 13 December 1961 Washington,D.C. 口 Probobly Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locall705 XkGroundVisual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft D ProbablyAircraft 13/2005Z DAiVisuol DAir-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astroncmical 口Yes 口 PrabcblyAstrcromicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XOXNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other_UNIDENTIEJED 口 Insufficient DatoforEvoluotion XUnknom 1-3 minutes one East 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Dark.grey object moving from W.to.E& UNIDENTIFIED passing overhead.In sight minutes according to one observer. In sight for l min,according to another.at different location. No success at triangulation. Plots different. Obj was solid.Had a pulsating..orange-brown glow,.object sharply outlined Di

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