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N Of Langley AFB, Va., October 1959

Date of account
1959-10
Location
N Of Langley AFB, Va.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARO 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Boiloon N of Langley AFB,Va. 190ct.59 口 Possidiy Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION 口 Was Aircraft not_given Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Probobly Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aireraft OAir-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar CMT. 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical Yes 口 Possibly Astronomicai Civilian DNo 9.COURSE Othor_Hoax 7.LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OSJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown one not given over a min 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Investigators believe sizhting to be Self-luminous rnd obj, about four ft in ahcax. diameter; had a rnd black dome in the center of the bottom of the obj.Obj gaowed. Wit- ness fired at the obj & heard a sound of metal on metal.After the third shot witness obj was gone. ATIC FORM 329(RZV 26 3ZP 52)

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