Chelveston, England, March 1961March 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 15, 1961, at 3:19 a.m. GMT near Chelveston, England, a military witness reported observing an unidentified object in the sky for 90 seconds. The object traveled west overhead and was described as orange and white in color with no tail or sound. It moved in a way that was ruled out as a meteor or satellite. The object appeared to be traveling at high altitude. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Chelveston, England, 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
15 Mar 61

2. LOCATION
Chelveston, England

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local___
GMT 15 03152

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[] No

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
90 Sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
WNW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
ObJt in view for 90 sec going WNW receding report P Moon Dust. Orange and white color. No Tail or sound. Appeared overhead.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Too long for meteor. Wrong way for Satellite [illegible]

[Partially illegible stamps and markings]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991897