Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — 2 Mar 61
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian reported a 100-foot blue-white oblong object over St. Albans, West Virginia, on March 2, 1961. The event was officially classified as a probable meteor.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on March 2, 1961, at 1915 hours local time, three miles west of St. Albans, West Virginia. The report, provided by a civilian source, describes a single blue-white, oblong object approximately 100 feet in length. The object was observed at an altitude of approximately two miles above sea level. According to the report, the object maintained its position in the sky for 15 seconds as it passed overhead on a south-to-north course before fading into the north. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency is that the object was likely a meteor passing through the Earth's atmosphere and in the process of burning up. No photographic evidence or radar contact was associated with this sighting.
Objt was probably a meteor passing through earth's atmosphere, and in process of burning up.
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Official Assessment
Objt was probably a meteor passing through earth's atmosphere, and in process of burning up.
The object was identified as a probable meteor based on its appearance and behavior.