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SW of Albans, West Virginia, May 1960

Date of account
1960-05
Location
SW of Albans, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS DATE SW of Albans, West Virginia 口 Was Balloon 17 May 60 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP .TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft C Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Local_ 口 Probably Aircraft Binoculars GMT 180030Z May 60 口 Possibly Aircraft D AinViswal D Air-Intorcopt Radar 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical DYos Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 网No 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 品 Othor. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Insufficient Data for Evaluation W 口 Unknown 45min one 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Report does not contain sufficient infor Red or orange object came over horizon moving mation for analysis. The object is probably E to W at about 5o0-6o0 feet.Faded into dark- a star or planet,however without the ness. location and total movement it cannot be determined which one. ATIC FORM 329

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