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Charleston, West Virginia, September 1961

Date of account
1961-09
Location
Charleston, West Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25Sep61 Charleston,West Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locol KGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 2510172 DAi~Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical McTeeR OY.. Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONO 7.LENGTHOFOBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. InsufficientData forEvaluation Unknown 6-8 Sec SE 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Blue objt with yellot 11. cOMmENTsighting has characteristics of ame tail appearing as orilliant flash.Flew meteor observation. are with no maneuvere. Disappeared instan- neousiy. AT1CFORM 329(REV 26SEP S2)

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