Washington, DCNovember 1961

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Summary

On November 7, 1961, a civilian in Washington, D.C., reported an object at about 6:48 p.m. local time. The witness was a student at American University. The object looked like the morning star, the same size and a star color. One object was seen. It appeared round. It moved rather fast in relation to the area, to the left of the Little Dipper and lateral to the dipper's stem, then made a right turn of about 45 degrees. The witness did not watch it disappear. The sighting lasted about 3 to 4 minutes. The sky was clear. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a high-flying aircraft, with no evidence it was anything else.

Reported location

Washington, DC

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

DC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1 1. DATE : 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 BEER fat - O Was Balloon
1 Nov 61 Washington, DC O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
4 ERERE a a Te a 2D Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Redor By bs py / SER
4 ~792h07 . .
b CMT J {237040 DO Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS § SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
4 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 “ZF No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Othere. spline Dios
E OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E Sein 8 ¢ ls hate 0 Unknown
E s-b min 1 varied
- 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ODL Li. morning cher. |11. COMMENTS Uo,- was probably a highi lying
3 Rzzii —ovenent accompanied with change in afc. No evidence availabge which would
3 Girz-=<mn, indicate that this objt was anything
3 other than an z/e.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995487