Cartersville, Virginia, August 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-08
- Location
- Cartersville, 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 onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2.August 1956 Cartersville,Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XQ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 02/0430Z Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT D AirVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y. 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol KNo 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 加X Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn forty five.seconds one none 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object, orange and red in Insufficient data for evaluation color.object had no movement and was at an altitude of approx 40,0o0 ft. Object brought to observer's atten- tion by"flash through trees." Object observed for 45 minutes and s and exploding." ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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