20 Mi E of Richmond, VA., January 1959
- Date of account
- 1959-01
- Location
- 20 Mi E of Richmond, VA.
- 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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 22 Jan 59 20 Mi E of Richmond,VA. 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possidly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION DGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locol x Probably Airerof Refuel Op 23/01452 GMT D AirVisuol Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol aY 口 Probobly Astronomicol -No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 wm oun 30min 4 Varied 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Three white objs,l orange obj. Appeared ProbaBly lights of high alt as light clusters in a triangular shape,no on a refueling or intercept bigger than a dime. First two white lights mission. travelei side by side.Orange light joined up,then broke off.Fouth light seemed to intercept other thite lights. ATIC
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