Parkersburg, West VirginiaMay 1963

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On May 22, 1963, a witness in Parkersburg, West Virginia reported seeing an object fall to the ground at 10:30 p.m. The witness described the object as bright green in color and said it was about 1 mile away. The witness thought it acted like a meteor and called highway patrol. A subsequent call indicated the object was a fireball observation. The witness did not see the object hit the ground and thought it was possibly several hundreds of miles away.

Reported location

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

WV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
22 May 1963                     Parkersburg, West Virginia      [] Was Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                                               [X] Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION                                           [] Possibly Balloon
Local      2230                 [X] Ground-Visual              [] Was Aircraft
GMT        23/0330Z            [] Ground-Radar                [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [] Air-Visual                  [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                          [] Air-Intercept Radar         [X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[X] No                                                         [] Probably Astronomical
6. SOURCE                       [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        Civilian                       [] Other
few seconds                     8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
                                one               ousterly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  11. COMMENTS
Witness indicated that he saw object   Subsequent call indicates that
fall to ground. Acted like a meteor.   object was fireball observation.
Bright green in color. Lit up sky.     Did not see object hit ground &
Thought to be about 1 mile away.        object possibly several hundreds
Called highway patrol.                  of miles away.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000849