PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6383290

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONLovingston Virginia

FRAMES7

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PROJECT 19073 RECORD CARO —

LOCATION
Lovingstoa, Virginia |

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10, CRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS.
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tail Soreak across the sky --« Siph.*.2¢
for Sew seconds only.

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LTR 228-5 DTD TWO NINE APR FIVE TWO CMA FOLG IS SUBNTD CLN IAW PAA
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SEVEN COCA PD RRA ONE CMA A “ BALL OF FIRE WITH A LONG TAIL was

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SIGHTED UIADING WEST OVER yr we CMA VIRGINIA AT 7DRO 7ERO SEVEN
rit PD THE OBSYR STATED THAT A FOUR ENGINE AIRCRAFT WAS IN -THE-ASEA
iT THE SAME TIME AND PCOSSIBLY COULD HAVE SEEN THE OBJECT PD TWO AIRMEN GI

THE RICHMOND FELYER CENTER OF THE GOC REPORTED SEEING AN OBJECT OF THE

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SEVEN Cita PILCT CF CAVALIER AIRCRAFT REPORTED CIrine A Notre: PD PAR
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oA AS NENTIONED ABOVE Ul. CAVALIER AIRCRAFT YAS IN Viers TY CF FIRST

(WO SIGUTING PR FOURTN POCSON Te Sreut orure REPORTED A FOUR ENGIuE

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PACE TWO JEFQW 5@D

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AND THEY INFORMED US THAT AT. ZERO ZERO ZERO FIVE ZULU A CAVALIER AIRCRAFT

REPORTED SEEING A METEOR IN THE VICINITY OF PATUNENT CHA NANYLADD FD AT

ZERO OWL Onur FIVE ZULU CMA. RICHMOND FILTER CeiTER CALLED iais STATICN

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AGAITi WITH A REPORT THAT THE SAME OSJECT. HAD BELN SIGHTED OVER COLONIAL

HEIGHTS CMA VIRGINIA Cii\ AT ZERO a ERC THREE ZULU PD PAR TYPO
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FIRST SIGHTING CLN APP TER. oc ? otro TWO ZULU ONER RICHHOND CiiA
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ZULU OVER COLONIAL HE! 3 {FS CMAVIRGINIA PD THIRD SIGHTING CLNN PILOT OF

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CAVALIER AIRCRAFT S1GHPED. ‘METEGR-AT ZERO ZERO ZERO FIVE ZULU IN
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SEVEN ZULU OVER LOVINS7T2N CMA VIRGINTA Dy ‘PAR THREE CMA THREE SIGHTING

JERE VISUAL FROM THE GaCJND AND OWE SIGHTING 7 VISUAL FROM THE AIR PD
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PAR FOUR CMA Sash statue WAS AT THREE Decrees — TWO NORTH LAT Cita

SEVEN SEVEN DEGREES TC SEVEN MIN VEST Lon ro srodhp SIGHTING WAS AT
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) PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET
I. GYNERAL

Ze LOCATION . — 2
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ERVED FROM ‘ii GROUAL Yes Ci No
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BJacCr OBSERVED BY GRUUND RADA T} {33 “+
LiBy One Set
CI) By Two Seta
[|By Three Sets
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[_]Interception Attespted
[JNo Intercept Attespted
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A/C Scrambled
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18, DLD OBJECT CHANGE DiithClTION At ANY Tibia? Tos
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] 1-5 Mimutes
“| Over 10 Minutes

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( IV, BALLOON DATA) /
» Wet BALLOONS RELEASED IN Azz,

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126 i SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON HELZASa: nutes :
“POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIOLTING: |
Ren ae a ee Light: “Describe

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» BVALUATION OF SOURCEs atltote
C_] Excellent
[_} Good air
C1 Fair [_] Poor
(Cw Poor [_] Insufficient to Evaluate
(_j Unreliable
Cj Extremely Doubtful
C.J Hoax

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C) Was Balloon torfas Astronomical
C.) Probably Balloon (_] Probably 4:.- nomical
CJ Possibly Balloon [_] Possibly A:i..acuical

(Was Aircraft (“) other: =
CJ] Probably Aircraft
() Possibly Aircraft [_] Insufficient Data For Evaluation
C] Unknown
) COMMENTS?
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f PROJECT 10073, WEATHER DATA SH ~
1. DAIE OF OBSERVATION Tinh CF ODSEAVATION |5. STATION OBSRAVING 7

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AS AN INVERSION LAYER NOTED?
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RUS NOT!D IN AREA?

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tenths at feet. tenths at _.. Keet.

tenths at feat. tenths at feet.
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