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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6972229

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONFairmont West Virginia

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ls DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Beolloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Bolloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

ls Octover 1957 Fairmont, West Virginia
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

, Loot t220 XK Greund-Visuel - _—-D Ground-Redor
GMT 14/1920 me 0 Air Vi gel O Air-Intercep? Redar

5. | OUR Was Astronomicol
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Possibly Astronomical

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Unknown

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He i Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE

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not reported 2 (¥each time
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Sphere rotating laterally in flight Winds generally Eastward and objk

from SE toward Clevelaid or Detroit not likely to be bailoons; howeve}

(NW), observed during bright day. characteristics of the déscriptio

Revolving was slow and sides glisteneti of a balloon sighting, Possible

in sunlight. Followed by identical balloon but cannot evaluate with-

object, out wind information, Case considbre
as insufficient data,

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