Newport News, Va, July 1951
- Date of account
- 1951-07
- Location
- Newport News, Va
- 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 onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 4July1951 Newport News,Va D ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 口 PossiblyBalloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2305 Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft Locol. 0405Z 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT. D AirVisuol Air-IntercopRadar D Possibly Aircroft 5 PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical ARCTURUS DYos 口 Probably Astronomical No Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknowm 25min 1 NW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Color - Gaseous Glow. Shape Spherical. Fl Object stationary until disappearance. p/att/kpp/dte/xt。Objectappeared to Sighting characteric of astro body. suddenly black out and plungs earthward. Arcturus at 30 deg elev to 280 deg az. Object in Nw at 45 deg elevation. Disappearance attributed to probable in cloud condition. C
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