Paynesville, W. Va., February 1958February 1958

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Summary

On February 16, 1958, at 8:30 p.m. CST, a civilian airline pilot reported a sighting near Paynesville, West Virginia. The witness observed one object that was very bright, round, and bluish-green in color, resembling a flash of light about the size of a basketball. The object faded out after 15 seconds of observation. The sighting was reported by a civilian airlines source. The Air Force investigator noted the report was definitely suggestive of a fireball.

Reported location

Paynesville, W. Va., February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 Feb 58

2. LOCATION
Paynesville, W. Va.

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 17/0330Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
XKAir-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian Airlines

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Downward

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very bright, round, bluish-green flash of light, size of basketball. Faded out.

11. COMMENTS
Definitely suggestive of fireball.

12. 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

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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