MANASSAS, VA., August 1952August 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 5, 1952, a bright oval-shaped object was sighted by a group of civilians near Manassas, Virginia, at 5:21 a.m. local time. The same day, a large orange object remained motionless over Washington, D.C., then disappeared. The second object was seen by a yeoman third class and others. The sightings were recorded on Project 10073 record cards. The Air Force evaluation is not clearly indicated on these pages.

Reported location

MANASSAS, VA., August 1952

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 13

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 Aug 52

2. LOCATION: MANASSAS, VA.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 05/2140 EDT
GMT 06/0140Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checkmark] Ground-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: CIVILIAN MAN

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]

8. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bright oval-shaped object sighted by group of civilian near Manassas

10. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
1. A/G in Area [illegible text in box]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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