PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786698

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONBetween Valley Forgeand Coatsville Penn

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Between Valley Forge and Was Balloon
12 February 1957 Coatsville, Penn; $ax$ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT 12/1313Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
aYes 000 Probably Astronomical
S.o Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
18 mins 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
stilliin sight one stationary
10. BRIEF Su OF SIGHTING SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One oblong-shaped object the size of Description, duration, time of Description, duration, time of
a pencil a pencil at arm's length. bject was seen oject was seen sighting indicate that this sighting indicate that this
stationary in stationary in the the sky at Sky at about 5,000 out 5,000 sighting was probably caused
feet from a moving automo feet from a moving automobile and was ile and was by a balloon.
still in sight after l8 minutes, when
the observer left the auto.
ATIC FORM ATYC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) (REV 26 SEP 52)

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BSERVER - ENROUTE FROM VALLEY FORGE C
TO COATSVILLE PA BY AUTOMOBILE (S) INDETIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL
OESERVERS: (A) SGT GUARD FOR LIKENS STEEL. (B) NONE (7)
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Locetion Locetion: Retua Caisville + Vasl, Frge ? RetunCaisville + Vail, Frige
P Time: 1313-5= E- 0813 A,M. LoceTome 0813 A.M.Loe
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"RAGE TWO RJEPNB 36
(BS NONE (C) NONE (8) NONE
i) NOME (10) UNDE CRMINTE (11) NONE (12) NONE
DT
12/.15152 FEB RJEPND
1 GTG