Lorton, Virginia, April 1963
- Date of account
- 1963-04
- Location
- Lorton, Virginia
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 26 April_1963 Lorton,Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Baliaon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 1345-1530 Local Rround-Visual Ground-Rudar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft 26/1845Z GMT- Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XXNO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OFOBJECTS 9.COURSE X Other Sun Dog 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown one hour one. stationary 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Moonshaped obj about l0 ft in dia- Investigation by Dr.Hynek and meter with green in clear light and Major Coleman revealed that obj blue through sunglasses turning was viewed for about l hr instead to red as clouds passed.ohj viewed of three as in initial rpt.And on and off over one hour duration.
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