PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786685

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCharlston West Virginia

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
28 June 1956 Chexleston, West Virginia 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 29/0325Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. 5. PHOTOS 6. 5OURCE 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomical Was Astronomical
Ys Ys 000 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo xNo Civilian Civilian D Possibly Astrowomical Possibly Astronomical
9. COURSE 9. COURSE Xx XOx Other. Poss Searchlight Poss Searchlight
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
hortherly D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
4-5 minutes one one if at all :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One half moon shape One half moon shape object the size Since there was ground fog & fog &
of a nickel held at of a nickel held at arms length, breaks in the overcast, i overcast, it is
color of white an color of changing to bluish anging to bluishl believed that is object was
Object was sighted through 7x50 rough 7x50 possibly caused possibly caused from either a eithe ra
power binoculars for a period of 4-5 power binoculars fo period of 4-5 searchlight or spotlight of
minutes. While object was minutes. While obiect blinking blinking Some sort. some Possibly searchlight. ight
it appeared white in color & while
it was on continoous it was bluish
in color.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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AR RJEDEN AJDUP RJEPHC 4E4
DE RUEFL EJ AGTIO
2 2910322 Y2a2
FM CONDR TOEAD ACURON GUTHRIE AFS CHARLESTON
TO RJEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB COLO (
RJEDFL/CONDR 5ETH ADIV (DEF) WPAFB OHIO (
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO 15:36
RJEPHO/DIRECTOR CE HQ USAF WASH DC (
BT
/UNCLASSIFIAD/INT 517-6. UFOB: FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN
ACCORDANCI UITH AFR 2MG-3 n.0..51.4 hr.--2.Th. .
L. (A) HALF-IOON 2. (A) HALT-OON
(3) MICKEL (a) MICKEL
(C) WAITN CHANGING TO BLUISH (C) WHITE CHANGING TO BLUISH
(D) (D) 0.2 C
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(G) /A
(N) VA COONTROL TOUER IS SCUD PROOFD
:
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(I) ELUIEI LIGNY SEEIED TO DE FLUTTERING
.. (A) MPPAD TO BH HOSE LICMT ON A. AIRCRAFT
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(.D) AS IF LIGHT TUMN OUT
(F) FCUR TO FIVE MIRUTES
3. (a) gnoLD VISUAL
(B) SEVEN FISTY POWER BIIOCULARS
(C)1/A
4. (A) 29/2325Z
ZO)NIGHT
5. KANAWHA COUNTY AIRPORT CONTROL TOVER
. (A) MR THIRTY SIX AND FORTY ONE YEARS
OLD, BROWN
LESTON, WEST
(GB-9)
7. (A)"CATL (OROUN) AND OVERCAST AT TUMTY TIV 7. (A)"CAHL CROT UN) AND OVERCAST AT TUENTY FIVE INOUSAND (BIKEL) (
(E) SOUT"SOUTH-EAST AT FIVE, 5,22- (E) SOUT"SOUTH-EAST AT FIVE, 5,72 -22, 15, 0-34, ,15, -34,
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-35
CED BROK'CHE COD BROK'OHE THOUCAND, OVERCAST TWEITY FIVE THOLSAND (
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(D) FIVE MILES GROUND FOG (
(n) ERTAN I OVERCAST
L/A
5. . /A
CANOT BM DATINIED
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