Fork Union, VirginiaSeptember 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On September 21, 1962, at 10:15 p.m., a civilian at Fork Union, Virginia observed a red object with a stationary red light on top and two red flashing red lights on the bottom. The object was first stationary, then moved off at incredible speed and left the witness's field of view in a few minutes. The Air Force received a letter requesting additional information to clarify how long the object remained stationary and which direction it moved as it disappeared. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation with the possibility of a weather balloon or prankster.

Reported location

Fork Union, Virginia

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

VA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 September 1962 | Fork Union, Virginia | [ ] Was Balloon
 | | [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [x] Possibly Balloon
Local [illegible] | [x] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT 22/0130Z | [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar | [ ] Probably Aircraft
 | | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | [ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes | Civilian | [ ] Probably Astronomical
[x] No | | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
 | | [ ] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [x] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Few minutes | one | | [ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Red object with stationary red light | Letter requesting additional
on top & two red flashing red lights | information to clarify how long
on bottom observed fm room. Object | object was stationary and which
stationary and then moved off at incredi- | direction object moved as it
ble speed. Out of sight in a few min- | disappeared not answered. Possible
utes. | a/c sighting. Possible prankster.
 | Case listed as insufficient data.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999244