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Bickmore, West Virginia, August 1962

Date of account
1962-08
Location
Bickmore, West 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 30 August_1962 Bickmore.Yest yirginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2230 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aireroft GMT. 31/0330 DAirVisual D Air-lntorcapt Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aY". 口 Probably Astronomicol XOKNO Civilian 口 Possibly Aatronomicol 7.LENGTH OO3SERVATION 3.NUMBER OF O3JECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othsr.. 口 Insufficiont Data for Eyaluation 口 Unknown not reported one not reported 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Youth saw flying saucer on dark cloudy Duration not reported. Nothing night。Oval shape, solid,dull red, conflicting with a/c analysis. speed 60 mph at 5,000 feet.Humming Sighting in August of l962 sound. Disappeared into clouds. witness rptd byletterin June 1963. believer in "flying saucers

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