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Petersburg, Virginia, August 1962

Date of account
1962-08
Location
Petersburg, Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon ugust 1962 tersburg,yirginia 口 Probably Balioon 口 Possibly Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 2100dst Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probabiy Aireraft GMT-08/0100Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol DYes 口 Probabiy Astronomicol DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Other... tellit 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown mins one SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj observed to be moving Se fm Echo sehedule gives Eeho pass yirginia at 9pu local dnlight saving over yirginia on the 7th at time. when overhead had intensity of 7:46pM Standard Time.This lst mag star, Steady unpulsating ligh would plaee Echo 15 mins soon- Trayersed about 2/3 of the sky. Appea er than the si

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