San Bernardino, Calif., March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 7, 1961, a civilian in San Bernardino, California, reported a round object. The object was white and about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. There was one object. It was watched for about 20 minutes and stayed in roughly the same place, with only small movements.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the conclusion was balloon. The comment noted agreement with the evaluation of the officer who submitted the report.

Reported location

San Bernardino, Calif., March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
7 Mar 6% San Bernardino, Calif. S Proves Bates
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION -. Fousiny were
Local nis bY | Ground- Visual a Ground-Radar a Bray Riper
Co) Ie rR eA DO AirVisuval Q Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
*B Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BN iin asnipivisiaionisits
0 154 hain Data for Evaluation
: a nown
20 min 1 Rising :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round objt size of pinheH& COMMENTS yx balloon. Concor w/evaluatio |
at arm's length, white, observed for 20 min. Objjt officer submitting report.
remained in about same location with movements
of small magnitude.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991774