Forbes AFB, Kansas, January 1963
- Date of account
- 1963-01
- Location
- Forbes AFB, Kansas
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD T.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2 January 1963 Forbes AFB, Kansas 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft 02/1257Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS. 6.SOURCE Ax Was Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical XSNo Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2-3 seconds east 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright light changing color from orange Description of burning object to red & growing more brilliant. obser- moving through sky indicates ved at 20 dgr elevation in southwest obvious meteor sighting. Since moving over the horizon in the east in object disappeared over the hori- 2-3 seconds. No trail or
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