Willis, VirginiaMay 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of May 13 to 14, 1958, near Willis, Virginia, a civilian found pieces of foil on the ground near his home. He believed they had fallen during the night. The pieces were sent to the Air Force for analysis. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force positively identified the strips as radar chaff, used to interfere with radar during military air operations and training flights.

Reported location

Willis, Virginia

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

VA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Rng
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
; 13-14 May 1958 Willis, Virginia = obiea Baneon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ie Sea
A 0 Was Aircraft
Lo Cd J hes XEround- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
GMT not reported 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS — | 6. SOURCE spe ea aso a Game on | RAR a
O Yes Physical 0 Probably Astronomical
i XNo Specimen Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE ®XRther_ Chaff
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not observed multiple | found on ground Urknewn
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Péeces of foil found on ground near Pieces of chaff used in Radar jam-
house, Believed to have fallen during ming,
the night, Sent to ATIC for analysis,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978209