Roanoke, Virginia, May 1949 - Incident Number: 327
- Date of account
- 1949-05
- Location
- Roanoke, Virginia
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROjECT 10073 RECORD 1.DATE·TIME GROUP LOCATION 327 12 May 49 13/0100z Roanoke, Virginia 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Civilian AIRCRAFT 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 5.LENGTHOFOBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUMMARYANDANALYSIS Not Reported Cbserver sighted what appeared to be an amber light. It was moving slowly and it appeared as an airplane with landing 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION lights. Tne light was turmed off and a sound, like the Ground-Visual drone of B-29 motors, was heard. Sparks were seen trailing the objeet. 7.COURSE West 8.PHOTOS Yes NO 9. PHYSICALEVIDENCE 口 Yos No FORM FTD SEP630-329 (TDE) Prevlouseditlonsof thisform mayboused,
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