Charlston, West VirginiaJune 1956

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Summary

On June 28, 1956, at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time, a civilian in Charleston, West Virginia reported seeing a half-moon shaped object the size of a nickel held at arm's length. The object was white and changed to bluish in color. The witness observed it through 7x50 power binoculars for four to five minutes. While the object was blinking, it appeared white in color and while blinking it was bluish. The object moved in a northerly direction if at all. Ground fog and breaks in the overcast were present. The Air Force evaluator noted that the object was possibly caused by either a searchlight or a spotlight of some sort, possibly a searchlight. The evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Charlston, West Virginia

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

WV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 June 1956

2. LOCATION
Charleston, West Virginia

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 29/0325Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XX Ground-Visual     Square Ground-Radar
Square Air-Visual     Square Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Square Yes
XX No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4-5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
northerly
if at all

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One half moon shape object the size of a nickel held at arms length, color of white and changing to bluish. Object was sighted through 7x50 power binoculars for a period of 4-5 minutes. While object was blinking it appeared white in color & while it was on continuous it bluish in color.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Square Was Balloon
Square Probably Balloon
Square Possibly Balloon
Square Was Aircraft
Square Probably Aircraft
Square Possibly Aircraft
Square Was Astronomical
Square Probably Astronomical
Square Possibly Astronomical
XX Other
Square Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Square Unknown

Poss Searchlight

11. COMMENTS
Since there was ground fog & breaks in the overcast, it is believed that this object was possibly caused from either a searchlight or a spotlight of some sort. Possibly searchlight.

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