Athens County, OhioMay 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Athens County, Ohio in May 1962. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 45.

Reported location

Athens County, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| Shoat SRA Sas aay ES O Was Balioon
| May 1502 Athens County, Ohio [a] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : 0 Possibly Balloon
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1] RARE IR St Eee 0 Ground-VYisuval 0D Ground-Rador a Probably Aircrafy
] i ES A SE ee 0 Air~Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE : O Was Astronomical
0 Yes Physical 0 Probably Astronomical
\ a Ne Boas Soa Civilian 1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ot Other cCRBEE <0
; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
4 § 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997072

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Places

Athens County, OH Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-05-01