Lakenheath, England, March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 4, 1961, a weather observer at Lakenheath, England, reported an object falling toward earth. It was seen about 11:52 p.m. at an elevation of about 62 degrees and an azimuth of 272 degrees. The object moved from west to east, an estimated 20 to 25 miles away. It burned bright blue and white and gave off red sparks.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the conclusion was probably astronomical. Comments said there was no satellite reentry that date and that the color and general description matched a meteor sighting.

Reported location

Lakenheath, England, March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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1 | Se PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I DATE | 2. LOCATION 112. ConcLUSIONS |
: O Wos Bolloen
: 4 Mar 61 Lakenheath, England 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP "| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Almas Anite
BF | tee | fGruwndVisd 0 Ground-Rader 8 robes Rvereh
GMT___* 03507 ’ 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar | 3 Possibly Aircraft |
S. ‘PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomical MeTeo i |
| a Yes : O Probobly Astronomical
Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicol
| 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION § NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOND ciumnmnimaissin |
. . O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ob jt falling toward 1. COMMENTSNo reentry this date. Color and |
earth burning bright blue and giving off general description conform to |
Bo sparks, of red color. Sighted at 60° elevation 270° meteoroligal sighting.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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: 4 po
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991748