Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 22 May 61
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A 1961 sighting report from Maxwell AFB describes an oval, silver object observed for 98 minutes. The event was officially attributed to an atmospheric inversion layer.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sighting that occurred on May 22, 1961, at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The witness reported observing a silver-colored, oval-shaped object, described as being the size of a dime, for a duration of one hour and 38 minutes. The observation took place shortly before sunrise. The object reportedly disappeared instantaneously toward the East. The report includes information regarding a radar contact associated with the event. The radar, which was identified as a weather radar used for tracking fronts, recorded a target moving at 15 knots. The report notes that this specific radar had limited tracking capabilities and that the target was likely a return caused by an inversion layer. The final conclusion provided on the record card identifies the cause of the sighting as an inversion.
Radar object probably return from inversion layer.
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Official Assessment
Inversion
The sighting was determined to be an inversion layer. The radar contact was attributed to the same phenomenon, noting that the weather radar used had limited tracking capabilities.