Petersburg, VirginiaFebruary 1953

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On February 13, 1953, at 1823 (6:23 p.m.) Eastern time, a soldier reported a fast moving object near Petersburg, Virginia. The witness was Private Rudolph Yaros, stationed at Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was driving toward his home in Maryland and saw the object from the moving car.

The object was round with a long tail, like a comet. It was made up of reddish, green, and blue colors. It moved at very high speed toward the northwest. The man could not give an accurate speed estimate. The object first looked like a ball with a tail, then broke into three parts and disappeared.

The sighting lasted two or three seconds. The sky was clear with unrestricted visibility. Checks with nearby air bases and centers found no other reports. The Air Force concluded the cause was possibly astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Petersburg, Virginia

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

VA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

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: 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION :
i 13 Feb 53 13/23202 Peterabure, Virzsiada
k 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION E
; Scldier Possibly Astro (IETECR)
4 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS : :
: let cor .
j 5S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1]. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS : :
3 2=3 Seconds ound reddisn green, blue object with "long tail traveled
1 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION t a hih rats of spsed, Object broke into three parts and
q 7. COURSE
8. PHOTOS
3 0 Yes
3 d Neo
3 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
i 0 Yes
1 $ Ne
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) provieus sdittons of this form may be used.
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