Charlestown, West Virginia, March 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-03
- Location
- Charlestown, West 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 8 March 1955 Charlestown,West Virginia Probably Baliaon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Rador 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT.08/2146Z DAir-Visual DAir-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol XKNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other. Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-5.seconds one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,brighter than sun on Insufficient data for evaluation. aluminum.Seemed to have flat Possible balloon which was side,no edges noticeable.No released in area at time of Sound. sighting or possible a/c. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)
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