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Alexandria, Virginia, August 1962

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

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 29 August 1962 Alexandria. yirginia 口 Probabiy Bciloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Locai XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircroft 口 Probobly Aircraft 30/0214Z GMT. AirVisuol Air-lnterceptRadar PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 3.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yas 口 Probably Astronomicai XOXNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othar. K Insufficient Data for Evaiuation D Unknown 15 seconds one SW varied 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Egg shaped obj with red light as bright Distance & duration of sighting as brightest star. Shiny. Stood still, indicate meteor observation. Hop changed spead & brighteess in 15'sec- ever witness indicates marked ond sighting. Gave appearance of being deviation in course w/abrupt solid.Blurred when moving.Round

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