Alexandria, Va., May 1959
- Date of account
- 1959-05
- Location
- Alexandria, 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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balioon 20 andria,Va 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Loca! DGround-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probcbly Aircraft 21/0310Z GMT. Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 16.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical CYes X Probably Astronornical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation 口 Unknown 2 secs IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Comet shgped,eppeared to be about 1/i0 All info reptd is typical or mote diameter of the noon, first observed in the nieh ntered the earth's atmosphere West & disaypeared to the Miwi.Appeared to and exploded. break into mmaller seporate parts. Color briliiant orange-yellcw changing to greenish-blue white.
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