Portsmouth, VirginiaJuly 1949

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On the night of July 31, 1949, a woman in Portsmouth, Virginia, reported seeing six flying discs over the area near the U.S. Naval Hospital. She watched them between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. The objects appeared and vanished within about five to six minutes. Two showed up close together, and the rest came one to one and a half minutes apart.

The witness said each object first looked like a small white cloud. It then opened up into the shape of a tulip, changed into the shape of a saucer, and soon disappeared. She described the color as dull white, not bright. She could not estimate the height or speed. The report says two other women at the same apartment house also saw the objects. The information was passed to Navy and Air Force intelligence. On the Air Force record for unidentified flying object reports (Project 10073), the listed conclusion was cloud.

Reported location

Portsmouth, Virginia

Date of incident

July 1949

State / country

VA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 6

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECCRD
11. DATE - Til& GROUP 2. LOCATION
BL 7 Portsmouth, 'irginia |
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{1 Hour Objects first ap-earkd as a small white cloud, later opened
"16. TYPE OF OBSERVATION up taking the form of a tulip, then changed to the shape of N
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