PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971332

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinity Parkersburg W Va

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
9 October 1957 Vicinity Parkersburg, W.Va. 000 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balleon
Lecel 1935 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aireraft
Probably Aircroft
GMT 10/0035Z AirVisual Air-Intercep! Redar XPossiblyAireraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
aYes 00 Probably Astronomical
X No Military PossiblyAstronomical
7. OF.OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data valuation
Unknown
approx 30 seconds one NW to SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A bright object moved across horizon A bright object moved across horizon The time lapse is too The time lapse too long for
at high velocity. meteors and toe meteors and to for balloons.
The 3rd stage rocket of Soviet of Soviet
Satellite over Satellite general area
at approx. l858 this date. Direc- at approx. is date. Direc-
tion of object; however, tion of object; generally generally
coincides with Satellite. If coincide e. If
observer's ti;e not correctly esti observer's orrectly esti
mated, object ssibly be
Satellite rocket. herwise, pos-
sibly a/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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RJEPHQ/DIR HQ USAF WASHDC
BT L:20
UNCLAS 2046 FS-11-K-51 UFOB.
INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AT PATTERSON FLIGHT SER-
VICE CENTER REGARDING AN UNIFENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. 180
THIS INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED TO THE FLIGHT SERVICE
T OBJECT MOVING
ACORSS THE HORIZON FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. 0C41
TIME OF THE SIGHTING WAS APPROXIMATELY LOO35Z. THE
OBJECT WAS MOVING AT VERY HIGH VELOCITY AND DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT C
IN IMATEIY THIPTY SECONDS. THE OB.IFCT Too long fodetes
THIS INFORMATION WAS TRANSMITTED TO JACKSON MICHIGAN
RADIO FACILITY HE PILOT AND TT IS ALL THAT IS AVAILABLE AT
THIS TIME.
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