2336N 7543W ATLANTIC, March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 29, 1961, a bright object traveling at high speed was sighted in the Atlantic area near coordinates 23 degrees 36 minutes North, 75 degrees 43 minutes West. A military observer reported an unidentified object moving from southwest to northeast at very high speed. The sighting lasted one minute. No photos were available. The source was military personnel. Information was very limited, with the only detail reported being that a bright object was seen moving at high speed from southwest to northeast. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

2336N 7543W ATLANTIC, March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 29 Mar 61
2. LOCATION: 23 36N 75 43W Atlantic
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local - 0956, GMT - 2908562
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Air-Visual (checked)
5. PHOTOS: Yes [checked], No [checked]
6. SOURCE: Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: [blank]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Bright objt traveling at high speed fm SW-NE.
11. COMMENTS: Info reported is very limited, precluding a valid conclusion. Only thing reported was that a bright objt was seen moving at high speed fm SW to NE.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [checked], Probably Balloon [checked], Possibly Balloon [checked], Was Aircraft [checked], Probably Aircraft [checked], Possibly Aircraft [checked], Was Astronomical [checked], Probably Astronomical [checked], Possibly Astronomical [checked], Other [checked], Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked], Unknown [checked]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991984