8 Mi E of Indian Springs, NevadaFebruary 1961

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On February 6, 1961, during the day, a weather forecaster about 8 miles east of Indian Springs, Nevada reported a shiny, half-moon shaped object about 5 feet in diameter, shadowed on the bottom. It appeared at about 47.8 degrees elevation and 144.7 degrees azimuth. The object moved slowly toward the north-northwest to east-southeast.

The witness was launching a pilot balloon when the object was seen and used a 22-power theodolite. The sighting lasted about 6 minutes. The witness did not watch the object disappear. There was a cloud cover of 6 to 8 tenths.

The Air Force conclusion was probably balloon. The comment notes the winds aloft were moving in the reported direction, the object was sighted about 15 minutes after the witness launched a balloon, and that balloon would have been in the reported position, so he very possibly mistook his own balloon for the object.

Reported location

8 Mi E of Indian Springs, Nevada

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

NV / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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| WE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD HIS | |

| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |

| 6 Feb 6 8 mi E of Indian Springs, Nevada|d probably Bel |
Feb 61 miEo an Springs, Nevada robably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION VRE een
CRETE A ARAN @ Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar a ProRaay Siverel
GMT 0620402 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomicel
O Yes O Probobly Astronomicol |
O Possibly Astronomical |
COREE DREISER SSE. "LTT a |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 di png mf amy wt emo
O Unknown
6 mi 1 NNW-ESE |
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SBiny, half-moon shaped |11. COMMENTSAt 20,000' winds were fm 340°; |
object aprox 5' in diameter. Appeared at 47.8 | at 30,000' they were fm 320°. These winds
elevation, 144.70 azimuth. Witness did not were moving in direction objt was re-
watch object disappear. Moved slowly. ported to be moving. Objt sighted about
15 min after witness launched a balloon
and at this time balloon launched would
have been in position reported for objt
Although witness is supposed to be familiar
with balloons, it is very possible that
he mistook this balloon for reported UF(.
There was a cloud cover of 6-8/10 which
would have contributed to misidentifi-
cation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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