Lumberport Westvirginia — June 1956

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Keywords: laster, tacker, balloattl, oepossib, aircrafj, posaiblyai, ojwas, astronic, astrorpmlcol, cllcio, pmicol, up3ide, welliory, cknowladge, rtains, oraltio, conclu3i, wplct, ueatiulll, _11blic, lumberport, sugeested, orrespondence, lption, btlght
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3. OATETIME CROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION r ~ .f.i~ NCLUSIONS _,/ . ,..... o Was Balloattl / Lumberport, West V 1rgi n ~a~ ~-" Probably B o S:: c:_. 4. l'YPE OF OBSERVATION t.1 :OEPossib~y D C:::oc" ~, ,:;:: .. Local-----------XXI Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar . t>. -~ Wos AircrafJ ~ -l - ::: .P Pro bob I)' Ai't"Cro t T~G~M~T n~o~t~=r=e~p=o=r~t=e=d ;O~A~i V~i!su~o~I----~O~A~i~r-~ln~t!er~c!o~pt ad ,o f~PosaiblyAi~rot ~-' S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ~ ~oJWas Astronic!JI ~-.. - . 0 Yu ~--' Fa-Probably Astrorpmlcol 'J CllCio Civilian P 0 Pouibly Astro,pmicol - 7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 , Other 1 0 Insufficient Dot~ for Evoluotlon not r ~:)orted 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 I. COMMENTS West Report made in 1960 of object Btlght silvery object proceeding at an nl~itu~e of 8,000 ft with spaed of one engine a/c. Tear drop shap e (up3ide down). observe d in 1956. Witness was S years old. at t imeo Object was probably misinterpretation o f a/c. Duration as indl ted by spee J fli[;h t , and genera l d~scription c01f o rm with t h i s anal~siso AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENl ER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE B ASE IE'u Sighting 2 6 APR 19oU ro: SAJ0 I -3d ( Naj Tacker) 1. The attached letter frorr. i'laster is a brief de s c r lption of a sighting uhich he experienced in June 9)6. 2 . This is a verJ old case, an d \Iill probably not be of much ben~fit to the Air Force. In addition, the facts of the ca~e are probably very f'.lzzy in the Hi tnesses welliory. J . It is sugeested that a questionnaire, ATIC Form #16h, be sent to ;.;a s t Sending thi s f om Jr.ay prevent rmch future c orrespondence with the witness concerning the sighti ng. }_.. :laster a ddress i s as follo,rs : Co l on e l , ;sA..r.' cy lt:-h Apr bO f r {o~.-Ash D~?tty for Scie~ces and Co:-. .;.):.-e;:r.s safoi-3d/maj tacker/am/72291 Dear !.fa.Bter This ls to o.cknowladge your le-~ter of 1.! 1\.:.Jril ::-~garding t::e :3ight!ng of an un!dentified flying Y:)~ l ei:.tcr co::rtains insul 'i'icient .:;_.ui'oraltio!l ror a valid conclu3i on . Rf!4.uest y;:;l.:. cc.wplct;c tile attached Air }"'orce (\ueatiuLll!E.:i..J..~e :!...4 L'eea..c~ i;o t e e sic;atir:~ and for;;ard. tb.e co!J!.L~ ted ._)a._:ic::r ~o t._'le A~:-os:;>e.ce Tech;-,i cal I:ut.el.llg.:nce C~nte~, ~:rigl:c Patterson Ai~ F)~ce ~ase~ O~o _11blic Infor~tion Division oi-3d comeback oi-l reader