Parkersburg, West Virginia, February 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-02
- Location
- Parkersburg, West Virginia
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 8Feb61 Parkersburg, West Virginia 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon Local_2310 D Ground-Visual D Ground-Rodor 口 Wos Aircrafs 口 GMT 090410Z Ai~Vi suol Air-Intercept Radar 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYes 口 Probably Astronomical No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 四 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation 口 Unknown 11.cOMMENTSObjt WaS reported to makea center like a revolving a/c light.No sound circle in southern sky.It is possible Appeared about 7" in diameter.Objt appeared that objt was an a/c,however there is 8o°fm true N,45°fm horizon. insufficient data for a valid conclusion Only l person reported seeing objt even though location of witness is a fairly large city,and objt was not observed to disappear. ATIC
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