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Paynesville, W. Va., February 1958

Date of account
1958-02
Location
Paynesville, W. 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 16Feb 58 Paynesville, w.Va. 口 ProbablyBclloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground-Yisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locai 口 Probobiy Aircraft GMT_17/0330Z KAirVisuol Air-IntercaptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol miETec Yes 口 ProbabiyAstronomical Civilian Airlines 口 Possibly Astronomical DNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15 secs one Downward 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS yery bright,round,bluish-green Definitely suggestive of flash of light,size of basketball. fireball, Faded out. AT1CFORM329(REV 263EP 52)

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