1951 07 7007949 Newportnews Va
txt This document, dated July 19, 1951, is a report of an unidentified aerial object sighting in Newport News, Virginia. It is notable for its inclusion in the Project 10073 records, a collection of reports on unconventional aircraft sightings. The document was released through The Black Vault, a website that archives and publishes declassified government records.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va
Episode notes
Document: 1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va Released by: The Black Vault Canonical PDF: https://archive.org/download/1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va/1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va_djvu.txt This document, dated July 19, 1951, is a report of an unidentified aerial object sighting in Newport News…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va
Questions about this case
- What was 1951 07 7007949 Newportnews Va about?
- txt This document, dated July 19, 1951, is a report of an unidentified aerial object sighting in Newport News, Virginia. It is notable for its inclusion in the Project 10073 records, a collection of reports on unconventional aircraft sightings. The document was released through The Black Vault, a website that archives and publishes declassified government records.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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