St. Albans, West VirginiaNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 1957, a witness at St. Albans, West Virginia, reported one object in the sky. The witness was a civilian ground observer. The object moved straight down.

The object first looked orange, then blue. It looked like a ball with a trail. It appeared to hit the ground as it came straight down.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer that the sighting was caused by a meteor.

Reported location

St. Albans, West Virginia

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

WV / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
, HATAGEN ii bi AE O Wos Balloon
oo dovamper 1H57 te. Albuas, West Virginia s ert +1 re
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ART mr
: ’ O Was Aircraft
CL RETA TEL 0 Air Visvel O Air-intercopt Redor |O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTO! : IOURGE O* “Wes Astronomicel /£F 7Zer)
OVYes O Probably Astronomical
X:0 Ne civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronemicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Bi 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE ——
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: ; 0 Unknown
LLL OQ WL One straits down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Uti orange then biug object, seen as a | Concur with reporting officer that
Mad Gr LAYER With Train. QLieck was: tils sigating was caused by a
seen moving straight down and appeared | meteor,
ty chat athe groand, |
NG PRPOLE An T2129
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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CCN SN Dr TOR

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