Charleston, W. Va., May 1962May 1962

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Charleston, W. Va., May 1962 in May 1962. The full case file (5 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 45.

Reported location

Charleston, W. Va., May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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i " ¢ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION [12 concLusions Mei)
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: 2g A ps : 2 | Wos Balloon
4 LO i / 12rLes5T0N, Vie VA. ; 0 Probably Balicon |
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ss 1G Possibly Belloon |
4 local re I Ground- Visual 0 Cround-Rador 5 Beh AAO
1 OMT if = . 0 AirVisual 0 Air-intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS BE SUBREE 7% oh is sunnier | oi Wed Akad St wal Mey ~
E Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
2 2 No Civilien 0 Possibly Astronomical
a 7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION |8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |O Other |
E 3 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
a3 0 Unknown
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bound bib Lite vellow |11- COMMENTSR Le he :
E light. With hazy ring and hezy trail fm and dictance traveled indicate normal
3 ring. Appeared to be moving many times faster peed for meteor sighting. Cbjt has all
3 ] than a jet type a/c. But not as fast as a haracteristics of a "Fire Ball" sightin
FE shooting star. Observed at 45° elev in NNE. wind there is no reason to susnpec Ea
1 | sappearing overhorizon in SW after 5 sec as anything other than : meteor,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997292

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-05-01