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Virginia Beach, Oceana Va, September 1957

Date of account
1957-09
Location
Virginia Beach, Oceana Va
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Bolloon 23 September 1957 Virginia Beach, Oceana Va Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Wos Aircraft Local0115 X区GroundVisual Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 24/0615Z D Ai~Viswel D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol D'Y.. 口 Probably Astronomicol XONo Civilians 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation V/N 口 Unknown not reported one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS A round, silver white ohject that lit A check with the balloon schedule up periodically was sighted by several revealed a balloon was let go people. from Norfolk,Va. 15 minutes priof to the time of sighting. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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