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Agency CIAFiled JUL 18 · 2026Runtime 3 min

1951 07 7007949 Newportnews Va

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated July 18, 2026

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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.

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date
JUL 18 · 2026
Release
Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1951-07-7007949-NewportNews-Va
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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

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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.
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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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