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Case FileNARA NAID 29000276 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Huntington, West VirginiaFebruary 1963

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 Huntington, West Virginia in February 1963. The full case file (6 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 47.

Reported location

Huntington, West Virginia

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

WV / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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ig 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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[4 1 a 3 1, t 3 3 3 0 Wes Bolloon
: 16 Feb 63 Huntington, West Virginia G: Pristty Briss
& 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION fel eR Rly ESD
[J DO Was Aiicroft
: Local — Zo = ai Sight X88 Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar EEX Probably Aircraft
g (YF plan md ee Sn Se et O AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Rader D Possibly Aireroft |
g& 5. PHOTOS d. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
& QO Yes ODO Probobly Astronomical
3 X85 No civilian ; O Possibly Astronomical
g 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOI a he isi I
& O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation i
P J 0 Unk |
| 2 minutes one NW (7?) fed
5 REE SUL SSIES" ISERIES SE i
& 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS i
. Obj sighted near Altair. rillisnce soout the ECHO I was over Huntington at 0507 AM
4 FEE AE TR Re? A fad ped Ans 3 2 3 |
so same as this star. Obj about 10 above Altair n 16 Feb South of the city at 220 i
& and slightly to the South of it moving across levation moving NE. Duration of sight- |
- the sky from SE to NW crossing this star. Obj png, mction znd pésition are coincident |
i then disappeared into a bank of fog. Obj with obj reported. Coservation obscured |
i viewed as point of light. py cluds after 12 flight. Positional
& info indicates obj moving NW. Sighting
4 ~haracteristic of satellite ozservaticn.
i : fowever, witness gives good positional
£ ata and Info presented gives positive
§ ndication of NW motion. Most likely a
fl : a/c sighting.
EL ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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