4 Mi NW of Springfield, OhioJuly 1961

Unidentified

Summary

Someone saw an unidentified object in the sky about four miles northwest of Springfield, Ohio, in July 1961. The Air Force investigated the sighting as part of Project Blue Book, its official UFO research program.

The case file consists of a standard Air Force questionnaire that witnesses filled out to describe what they observed. However, the OCR scan quality is poor throughout the document, making most of the specific details about the sighting illegible. The cover sheet indicates that the object was classified as "unidentified" by Air Force analysts, though other notations on the form suggest the investigators considered it might possibly have been a balloon.

The full case file, consisting of nine pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

4 Mi NW of Springfield, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
[ 1. pate | 2 LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 8 | - 10 Was Balloon |
4 iste rly |00 Probably Balloon
- aera |: _ __ << 10 Possibly Bolloc
3. DATE-TIME GRZUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i shout J skis |
| \ ' [a 0 Was Aircraft?
ocal round-Yisuc Ground-Roar N K+ |
EB i i iis—— 01 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Alreraf?
CMT. tC 52, BE | 0 Air Visual 3 Air-intarcept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS a i ‘ | 6. SOURCE | Was Astronomical
0 Yes I= Probably Astronomical
: £3 Ma el ; I : 1 vi 1a SU i . | 0D Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF. OSSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 10 Other OY VEN [LIL £.
l 0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
; 0 Unknown
¢ RE GE BERNE a FERRE WROTE 1! SSCS SR CREE eee}
: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING tin size of Echo, i COMMENTS *13 i rharaciteyr | 2
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993406