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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7007949

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONNewport News Va

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
4 July 1951 Newport News, Va 0 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3.
Local 2305 Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircroft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 0405Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical ARCTURUS
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS URSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data valuation
Unknown
25 min 1 NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Color - Gaseous Glow. Shape Spherical. Object stationary until disappearance.
Z/Ap//d/z. Objecta appeared to Sighting characteric of astro body.
suddenly black out and plungs earthward. Arcturus at 30 deg elev to 280 deg az.
Object in NW at 45 deg elevation. Disappearance attributed to probable
in cloud condition. Case evaluated
as star ARCTURUS.

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1 Incl
Report (2oys) R. W. RUTMAN
Captain, USAF
sst Air Adj Gen
roAluesh DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
UNCLASSIFIED DOD DIR 5200.10
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AIALO 381
SUBJECT: onal Aircraft.
Commanding General, Headquarters rce,
TO: Mitchel Air Force Base, New York.
(ATTN: Deputy Operations
In accordance with Department the Army Intelligence Collect-
ion Memorandum Number 29, dated November 1950, the ached report
of unconventional aircraft is forwarded essary.
Denk
. 1 Incl. SAM . GRIBI
Report Report Lt Col., USAF
: Air Force Liaison Officer
: ':
.
RECEIVED
21 JUL 1951
A-2, IAF
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PILES
. COMPLETED
AITE OFFICR
FCLMANENT TEMP UNTIL
NAME 9
BANE
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
ICLASSIFIEL
C1848

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2. RA 110th Harborcraft Company
and Pfc. ER 1l0th T Harborcraft Company, this
station. reported that they sighted an unidentied spherical lighted object
at 2305 hours, July.1951 park located eyhound Bus
Station
3. According to informants. the object appeared in the northwestern
portion of the sky at approximately a 45 to 50 degree angle and remained lit
with a gaseous glow until approximately 2330 hours, when the lighted
phenomenon disappeared toward the northwestern horizon. Both informants
for the reporting of the above incident other than in compliance with
current directives regar
5. If interview is desired for further info ation. the enlisted
men may be interviewed Headquarters, th T cart Company, this
station.
PHILLIP KLEI
Major GS
ACOFS, G 2
DOWNGI
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
I101848 UNCLASSIFIED