E. Of N. Carolina, August 1959
- Date of account
- 1959-08
- Location
- E. Of N. Carolina
- 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS E. of N. Carolina 口 Was Balloon 17Aug59 NE of West Inaies 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION DGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircroft 17/09212,17/09172 bAinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical D.No Pan American Pilot 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE DXOthor-NASA Rocket 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 20 mins 口 Unknown 30 NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj shape of rocket, size of peneil,whitd Possibility exists that obj sighted w/pink cloud. Bright glow,conical in shape. was a research rocket launched fm White, then green, then orange glow. Wallops Island near Va.This rocket emitted a loo mile sodium vapor trail at 50 miles
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