PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8662417

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONCharleston W Va

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FRAME 001 / 005POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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GM T= 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-intercep! Reder er Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ie 1) Was Astronomicol
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7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION |3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE 10 Other < ‘ aaa
O Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
O Unknown
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(3) APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING MANY TIMES FASTER THAN A JET TYPE

UT NOT AS KAST AS A SHOOTING STAR.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

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UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

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AF IN : 37305 (19 May 62) Page 4 of 4

PAGE FOUR RJEDBWL 7

16,229 98/18K

22,290 282/15K

30,2020 130/239K

52,220 348/17K |
83,202 822/13K

C5) 22,222 CIRO STRATUS OVERCAST
(4) FIVE (5) MILES IN SMOKE
€3) 8,@@2 ALTO CUMULUS BROKEN
¢$> NO THUNDER STORM ACTIVITY AT TIME OF SIGHTING
(7) SEVENTY EIGHT DEGREES (78)
15H NONE
15I NONE
15.J NONE
LS¥"ELECTRONIC WARFARE OFFICER: AT THE TIME OF VISUAL SIGHTINGS
THERE WAS NO RADAR INDICATION OF AN OBJECT IN THE VICINITY OF THE
REPORTED UFO PATH. SIMULATANEOUS VISUAL SIGHTINGS AT SEPERATED
LOCATIONS WITH LACK OF RADAR CONFIRMATION WOULD TEND TO INDPCATE UFO
WAS POSSISLY SATALITE OR ASSOCIATED JUNK.
15L NONE
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