Parkersburg, West Virginia, May 1963
- Date of account
- 1963-05
- Location
- Parkersburg, West 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 Was Balloon 22 May 1963 Parkersburg, West Virginia 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locol 2230 XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 23/0330Z DAir-Visuel Air-Intorcopt Radar Possibly Aircrcft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE x Was Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 ProbabiyAstronomical XNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Other 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown few seconds easterly one 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Witness indicated that he saw obiect Subsequent call indicates that fall to ground.Acted like a meteor. object was fireball observation. Bright green in color.Lit up sky. Did not see object hit ground & Thought to be about l mile away. object possibly several hundreds Called highway patrol. of mi
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