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Charlston, West Virginia, June 1956

Date of account
1956-06
Location
Charlston, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28June1956 Cherleston, West Virginia 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XA Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft GMT-29/0325Z AirVisual D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yes 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astroromical XNo Civilian Poss Searchlight 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation portherly 口 Unknown 4-5 minutes one if at all 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One half moon shape object the size Since there was ground fog & of a nickel held at arms length, breaks in the overcast, it is color of white and changing to bluish believed that this object was Object was sighted through 7x50 possibly caused from either a power binoculars

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