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3 Mi W of St. Albans, West Virginia, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
3 Mi W of St. Albans, West Virginia
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2Mar 61 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon Local- 1915 αGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT 0300152 Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes Probably Astronomicol RNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluotion 口 Unknown a15 sec 1 S-N 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Blue-White, OblOng Objt 11. coMMENTsobjt was probably a meteor aprox 1o0' in length. Aprox 2 mi above sea passing through earth's atmosphere, level.It maintained postion in sky 2 mi as and in process of burning up. it passed overhead.Faded into N. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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