Virginia, August 1960August 1960

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Summary

On August 13, 1960, a piece of equipment was found in Virginia and at first reported as unidentified. It was shipped to the Air Force technical center for study. The object turned out to be a water beacon, a piece of tracking equipment with a small radio transmitter in its center. The transmitter sent out a signal for tracking purposes. The equipment was found to belong to a corporation, which asked that it be returned. When the company's representative came to Dayton, the equipment was turned over to him. The Air Force concluded the case was not a flying object but identified equipment.

Reported location

Virginia, August 1960

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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i Sh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1 V. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Aviad SAD v3 TY O Wes Bolloon
13 August, 1520 Virginia CO Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION WR, S———
% O Was Aicroft
REE Bl Ground- Vi suel O Ground-Radar 8 Probudy Bacar
CMT A 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Redor O Possibly Aireroft
S. PHOTOS \ . . .:  .7 ”rntnn J RC O Wos Astronomicol
* BR Re Spe See Rae O Probobly Astronomical
O Ne all ivary ; O Possibly Astronomical
BE EEE SEE ST EEE ee AY v Wm i. ~ so
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [% Other_:2ter Jcacon
O Insufficient Dota for Eveluation
Ee Fg O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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a BO NaWVve J0und in Virgint SE Tart? apzc/ water btr2con 3ac nas a small radio
¢ ehes 4° TRE: piaent id BRY 22 LO apifin trans~it:iar ir it's genter, ine transmipte
i} QUrNN=2, sens out a ena! for trae' ing »arossek,
f Wa: :umd to belong to
| or 0 we gurrac over to 2a reoree {
sentative of thair Corporation,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988186