Laeburg, VAAugust 1953

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Summary

On August 12, 1953, near Leesburg, Virginia, two observers reported seeing an unidentified object. The sighting lasted 5 to 10 seconds. The object was described as a light or orb that made abrupt course changes and traveled about 2 to 4 degrees per second. A second light was also reportedly seen. The object showed no fluctuation in intensity and moved across the sky from southeast to northwest. The Air Force evaluation is not clearly legible on the available pages.

Reported location

Laeburg, VA

Date of incident

August 1953

State / country

VA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
12 August 53 1200Z/0002

2. LOCATION
Leesburg, Va.

3. SOURCE
Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 - 10 seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Night-Visual

7. COURSE
[illegible]

8. PHOTOS
No Yes
ExNo

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
No Yes
ExNo

10. CONCLUSION
[illegible text regarding evaluation]

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
[illegible text - partially visible but too degraded to transcribe with confidence]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28955991