Fairmont, West Virginia, October 1957
- Date of account
- 1957-10
- Location
- Fairmont, West 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 14 0ctober 1957 Fairmont, West Virginia Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1420 XLxGroundVisual DGround-Rodar 口 Was Aireraft .Locol. 口 Probably Aireraft GMT 14/1920Z Ai~Vi suel D Air-lntercept Rodar 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol aiYes 口 Probably Astronomicol ONR Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9 COURSE Other. Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown not reported 2（leach time NW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Sphere rotating laterally in fight Winds generaily Eastward and objs from SE toward Clevelaid or Detroit not likely to be bailoons; howevel (Nw), observed during bright day. characteristics of the descriptio Revolving was slow and sides glistene of a balloon sighting.Possible in sunlight.Followed by identical
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