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Ludlow, Massachusetts, January 1963

Date of account
1963-01
Location
Ludlow, Massachusetts
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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 17 January 1963 Ludlow, Massachusetts Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local xGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft Probably Aircraft 18/0055z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT_ 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably.Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XOXNO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 12 minutes one rising northward 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object varying in intensity foom bril- Only wind report was at lower liant to being invisible. First level from 200 dgr. However, observed at 30 dgr elevation 135 dgr prevailing winds are to north azimuth. Disappeared at 80 dgr eleva- and east. Sighting characteristfc tion 9o dgr azimuth rising and fa

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