Burlington, W. Va., May 1959May 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Burlington, W. Va., May 1959 in May 1959. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

Burlington, W. Va., May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE Ea 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ERE
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1 Wos Balloon
AL» HE 40 Hah Sh 2 1 Probably Belloon
STU A S r S L S egy O TAR SE SA SER ee » JR LIFE B= oT;
3, DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ki RRsainyiRdlieoh
: EEN di x 2% 0 Was Aircraft 4
o | ¢ d-Vi sual C Gro -Radc
] Cogal i i de 2 0. Ground- Visual Sround-Radar 01 Probably Aircraft
~ rr LI BP el kh tere
g (eV bo Eo] (42. hs eo CEA BEN REAR AT 1 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radur O Possibly Aircraft
i 5, PHOTOS 6. SOURCE “1m Was Astronomical .
! OC Yes | 0 Probably Astronomical
: : 2'No ivilia 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i [8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TR LT re MMC DEE 0
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 3 {0 Unknown
SU Be Te rl Gh oa Ge 0 EEE ON SNARE DIA JOCREEAR Ceti Loh B= Tol) eh
: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: xy : ATL ra AR . 1 5 it : . 11 2 CE war = :
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: ATIC FORM 129 (RTV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983323

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01