Project 10073 Record Card — Lynchburg, Virginia, 19 June 1952

On 19 June 1952, at approximately 0900 EST, a civilian observer located at the Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia, reported sighting an unidentified aerial object. The witness, described as having prior experience as an ordnance man during World War II with anti-aircraft training, observed a single, round, silver-colored object. The witness estimated the object's size to be comparable to the moon and noted that it was traveling eastward from Reusen, Virginia, toward Madison Heights, Virginia, at a speed described as 'too fast for a balloon.' The object produced no sound and left no exhaust trail. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with 30-mile visibility and some cirrocumulus clouds. The observer noted that the object disappeared suddenly. Following the report, Langley Air Force Base dispatched a fighter aircraft to the vicinity for reconnaissance, but the results were negative. A review of air traffic in the area confirmed that Piedmont Airlines Flight 30 was over Lynchburg at the time, but the flight crew did not report any sighting. The official report, filed by Lt. Colonel Frank H. Allen of the USAF, notes that the observer was not personally contacted or interrogated by the investigating organization. The report concludes that there was no known meteorological activity to account for the sighting and that no physical evidence was recovered.