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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 19 Aug 51 | 2. LOCATION | Alexandria, Va  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1805 GMT 19/2205Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Not given 2 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. COURSE | 155 deg true | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Color. Frosty silver. Speed very high. Shape oval. 50' long. Altitude 2000-4000 ft. Shape did not change. Object appeared along a controlled flight path…

REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT SIGHTED BY LT. AND WIFE

Alexandria, Virginia 19 August 1951

Time: 1805 EDT

Wind: Surface SSW/12; 1000 190/13; 5000 220/15; 10,000 310/15 (Anacostia NAS 1600 EST)

Description of Object Sighted: A "frosty" silvery football-shaped object with its longitudinal axis parallel to the ground. Off-hand estimate of size at time of sighting 50 feet along longitudinal axis and 20 feet vertical axis.

Shape: Elliptical, or football, shaped. Shape did not change.

Position When First Sighted: Time 1805--appeared to be about 2 miles southeast of Masonic Memorial in Alexandri…

TS-220
22 Aug 51
CSAF Item 7
ATIAA
Lt. Cummings

ACTION

CSAF ITEM 7 /RESTRIC' 7 UNCLASSIFIED

FROM AFOIN-V/TC

FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND ACTION.

AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WAS SIGHTED NEAR ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA, AT 1805 EDT, 19 AUG 51, BY , USN, AND HIS WIFE. THIS OBJECT WAS DESCRIBED AS A "FROSTY SILVERY" OVAL-SHAPED OBJECT OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET IN LENGTH TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED AT 2,000-4,000 FEET. LT. REPORTED THE SIGHTING TO THE COMMAND POST AT THE PENTAGON.

IT SEEMED LIKELY THAT THE OBSERVATION WAS A REFLECTION OF THE SUB'S RAYS FROM AN AIRCRAFT FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,000 FEET T…

DISPOSITION FORM
SECURITY ASSIFICATION (if any)
RESTRICTED
UNCLASSIFIED
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|  FILE NO. | SUBJECT (Unclassified) Unidentified Flying Objects  |
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|  TO Chief, ATIC Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | FROM Dept of the Air Force Hq USAF - AFOIN DATE SEP 7 1951 COMMENT NO. 1  |

1. On 19 August 1951, an unidentified object was reported near Alexandria, Virginia.

2. Details of the sightings and sketches of the sightings are forwarded for analysis and file. The signed statement made by LT. [redacted], USN, is a summary of his observations.

3. The evaluation was made in Air Technical Intellig…

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ANGULAR ELEVATION 5°-7°*

ELEVATION DECREASED SLIGHTLY

FINAL OBSERVATION

(Handwritten note: "F on later observation from auto same locations as original sighting -")

(Handwritten note: "R")

SIGHTING AT 1807

* Estimated Speed
Based on Visibility
and apparent distance
and movement
300-400K

ANGULAR ELEVATION
FIRST OBSERVATION
* Based on later
in same locat

KING STREET

Shape of Object

CHECK
"FIRST BREAK
SILVER"

Shape Did not Change

King Street

1807

A

A

Attitude
Approved should
object bonds
RANNY INTO
DISTRIBUT

note: at 1807 left
King Street as shown "A"
and proceeded to clear
area on Memorial
parking lot (billtop)
B - did not see
direct after this

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