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Mount Zion, West Virginia, June 1961

Date of account
1961-06
Location
Mount Zion, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073REC0RD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 9Jun 61 Mount Zion,West Virginia 口 Probobly Boiloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION 口 Possisiy Balloon 3.DA7E-TIMECROUP Local D Ground-Vi suai DCround-Rador 口 Wos Aiseraft 口 ProbablyAireraft AIViswal Air-lntarcaptRador 口 Possibly Airerait GMT. 5.PHOTOS .SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Physical Y93 口 ProbobiyAstronomicol ONo Specimen Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE Othar... Chaff 口 Insufficiant Dato for Evaiuation multi D Unknown 10.BRIEFSUMMARYOFSIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Objects recovered from wooded areain West Samples ofmaterial definitely identi- Virginia.Found on 9 Jun 61.Objects along fied as chaff from UsAF source. with similar pieces found in Nov 57 sent in to ATIc for analysis.Silver colored slivers of tinfoil type material. ATICFORM329(RRV255EP52)

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