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Guthrie & 40 Mi E Of Parkersburg, W. Virginia, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Guthrie & 40 Mi E Of Parkersburg, W. Virginia
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 11 December 1957 Guthrie & 40 mi E of 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION ParkerSburg, arhYdpyoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 2230 XXGround-Radar BX Was Aircraft Local. Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 12/0330Z Kxi~Visual XkAir-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yos 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical XxNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Hx otho, Mirage 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 2-3 minutes one varied & Radar Inversion 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One to six red blinking lights were Inversion in area (see previous sighted in the west and a radar blip case).Same effects causing other similar to a large a/c appeared on report could account for this the radar scope. sighting.Objects are not identi- fied. Po

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