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Coburn, Virginia, February 1959

Date of account
1959-02
Location
Coburn, Virginia
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 Feb to 4or. 1959 Coburn, Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rador 口 Was Aireraft Local DGround-Visual 口 Probobiy Aircraft DAiVisuol Air-lntercept Rodor 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yos 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly.Astronomicql ONo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other-Of 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluotion 口 Unknown varied varied 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Extensive news coverage of sightings in Findings sumnarized to inelude,cha the Wise-Coburn area of Virginie necessitatel lights from coke fuunaces,misinterpre the investigation by FTD personnel. tation of car lights on roads in the surrounding hills to be objs in the observations of astronomical bodies under various atmosphe

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