Skip to content
← Research library

Archive case record

South Charleston, West Va., September 1959

Date of account
1959-09
Location
South Charleston, West Va.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

View the original source ↗

Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

Published source text

Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.

Source page 1

Source text · mention only

PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon South Charleston, West Va. 口 Probably Balloon 22Sep59 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Local 口 Probably Aircroft 23/0100z 口 Possibly Aircraft AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar GMT 6.SOURCE DxWas Astronomical Meteor 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomicol OYes 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo Civilian 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10 secs one SW 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright green obj observed to burn w/bright Characteristics of boliae observation present. Case evaluated as a Meteor. yellow tail.Exploded. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

View this source page ↗

Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.