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Oakton, Virginia, April 1957

Date of account
1957-04
Location
Oakton, Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSiONS 口 Was Boiloon 11April 1957 Oakton,yirginia 口 Probobly Bulloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION CK Was Aircraft .Local DGround.Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT12/0250Z AirVisual D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DiYes 口 Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical QNo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknawn unknown twothen onel see below IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Two white objects,later merging into A limited investigation conducted one, seen making almost a complete by flight 3-D revealed that a dircle around Washington D.C..Object General Mills owned aircraft (Dc- was seen visually. 3) was in the air testing two new high intensity collision lights- an exp

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