PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6968829

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONVirginia Beach Oceana Va

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 21
. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
23 September 1957 Virginia Beach, Oceana Va Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon
Locel.0115 X Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 24/0615Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS SOURCE SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes 00O 0 Probably Astronomical ProbablyAstronomical
X No X No Civilians 0 PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER O OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other. Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not reported N/A Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
A round, silv A round, silver white object that lit A check with the balloon schedule A check with the balloon schedule
up periodically up periodicall was sighted by several was sighted by several revealed a balloon was let go
people. neople from Norfolk, Va. from Norfolk Va l5minutes priot 15 minutes prio
to the time of sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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