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Charleston, West Virginia, July 1960

Date of account
1960-07
Location
Charleston, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 20or21Ju1 60 Charleston, West Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aiicraft XGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft AinVisuol D Air-lntercopt Rodar GMT 品 Was Astronomicol 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS Probably AstronomicalMeteor Y:. Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 9.COURSE Other. s. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown one not given 10-15 sec 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Desrription corresponds to slow meteor Round object with srall teardrop tail, size observation. of basketball, bright like white heat.The Low over trees, traveling a straight flight path,disappeared behind trees. Ground fog prosent.Airport 2-3 miles fram sighting in sane direction. ATIC FORM 329(RRV 26SEP S2)

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