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Vicinity Parkersburg, W. Va., October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
Vicinity Parkersburg, W. Va.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT·10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 90ctober 1957 Vicinity Perkersburg, w.Va。 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Loel-1935 Ground-Visuol D Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircroft 口 Probably Aircrofl GMT_10/0035Z D Air-lntercept Rodar XAirVisuel 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol a'Ys 口 Probably Astronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomicol XCrNo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknow approx 30 seconds one NW to SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS A bright object moved across horizon The time lapse is too long for at high velocity. meteors and too fast for balloons. The 3rd stage rocket of Soviet Satellite over this general area at approx. 1858 this date.Direc- tion of object; however, generally coincides with Satellite. If observer's ti;e not c

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