PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8849481

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONSOf Charleston W Va

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
28 Jun 58 s of Charleston, W.Va. Xm 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pessibly Balloon
Lecal_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 28/0751Z XKAirVi suel Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE a Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes D Probably Astronomical
Wo Eastern, Airline Pilot o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not given one SW Unknown
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, white ball w/firey tail. Ball exp- The description is typical of
ploded. Obj was flashing across the a fireball.
horizon. horizon.
8RP 52)
B lsitwers
23/0755)
3
507 YMC922FLA038
PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ QRJEPNB 1
ZFD
AT
PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ RJEPNB
DE RJEDFL 4
P 2810302 P 281030Z
FM COMDR 58AD D WPAFB
CP
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB SUSPECTED DUPLICATE OF MESSAGE
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. CHECK
RJEPHQ/ACS/I HQ USAF WASH 25 DC BEFORE TAKING ACTION.
RJEPHQ/OIS HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WPAFB
INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF
BT .

FRAME 002 / 003paddle-gpu-200dpi

/UNCLASSIFIED/ CITE NO 029-06 SUBJECT: UFOB
A.DESCRIPTION:
(1) ROUND BALL
(2) UNK-5iZt? 39 J.
(3X WHITE) He
(4) 1
(5) !
(6FIERY BALL) -. .. - ..
6
(FIERY TAIL
(8) UNK
(9 BALL EXPLODED
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:
(I FLASHING ACROSS THE HORIZON (1 FLASHING ACROSS THE HORIZON
(2X 45 DEGREESC/EVATIONS? 245 DEGREES elEVATIONS? -
(3) UNK 5.921MUThS?
(3) UNK
(4) LVEL FLIGHT PATN ACROSS THE SKY-/N WHAT dINECTION?
(5) TO THE SW
(6) UNK
C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(1 AIR-VISUAL
(2)NONE
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
(1)28/0751 (1) 28/0751 075 1-5-07:1
()NIGHT CLEAR (2) NIGHT CLEAR
E. LOCATION OF E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER (S): OBSERVER (S):
CHW N 81 DEG 40W
13 NM SWet 38DEG 10
F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVER
(1) CAN BE OBTAINED. .
BY CONTACTING
(2) EASTERN AIRLINES AT MIAMI, FLA
G. WEATHER& WINDS-ALOFT CONDITION TIME & PLACE OF SIGHTING:
(1) CIFAR

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Xis, 000 329 DEG 19 KT
10, 000 330 DEG 20KT
16, 000 350 DEG 20 KT
2mPDB00360DE6G 4D289 FK
50, 009280 DEG 20 KT
(3)
RPT ABOVE LINES
176000 350 DEG 20 KT ..
20, 000 360 DEG 20 KT
30, 000 010 DEG 40 KT
50, 000 280 DEG 20 KT 50,000 280 DEG 20 KT .
(3) UNLTD
(4) UNLTD
(5) NONE
(6) NONE .....
HNONE
I. NONE ATC cimment:
J. NONE 1. the diecristion above
K. JOSEPH F PODVOJSKI CAPT USAF is typical
SENIOR CONTROLLER APPEARS TO BE A
METEORITE
L. NONE ASTRO
BT
26/1054Z JUN RJEDFL
. -
. .
-
...
NNF :'