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College Park, Maryland, January 1963

Date of account
1963-01
Location
College Park, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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 口 Was Balloon 8January 1963 College Park,Maryland 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft Local KBround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft 09/0350Z AirVisual Air-interceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical XKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-5 minutes euo east 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Spherical object red-orange in color Inversion not contributing cause passed overbead. Initial obseryation except possble distorting obj. 30-40 dgr elevation in west. Disappeared /Duration excessive for meteor。 over horizon in east. Also observed witp Obj moving too fast for balloon, 7X50 BX. Multiple witnesses

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