Charleston, W.V., May 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-05
- Location
- Charleston, W.V.
- 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 onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 13May 61 Charleston, W.V. 口 ProboblyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local_2045 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProboblyAircroft GMT 140145Z Ai~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 PossiblyAircraft S.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYos 口 ProbablyAstronomical No Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 5-10min W-E 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOF SIGHTINGCirCUlar, Siae Of dime， 11.coMMENTs It is possible that weather starlike,white,pulsating forward motion. balloon launched by weatherbureau was Slight erratic lateral motion.Faded out in objt seen by witness.It was reported the E. that balloon remained in general area where it was launched for some time, and pulsating motion reported could have caused
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