Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — St. Albans, West Virginia, 6 November 1957
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1957 sighting report from St. Albans, West Virginia, involving a 'ball of fire' object. The official conclusion reached by the project investigators was that the event was caused by a meteor.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on November 6, 1957, in St. Albans, West Virginia. The report describes a single object observed by a civilian source associated with the Ground Observer Corps (GOC). The witness reported seeing an orange and blue object described as a ball of fire with a train, which appeared to move straight down and hit the ground. A secondary description on the record card notes the object moving southwest and disappearing behind a hill. The investigation concluded that the phenomenon was an astronomical meteor. The document notes that there is no further report in the file and that the investigating officer concurred with the assessment that the sighting was caused by a meteor.
Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was caused by a meteor.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical Meteor
The sighting was evaluated as a meteor.