Bedford & Canton, OhioAugust 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On August 22, 1957, at 1520 (Greenwich time) near Bedford and Canton, Ohio, a military observer saw one round white object about the size of the head of a pin. The sighting lasted about 20 seconds. The object made no sound and traveled west at a very high speed and very high altitude. The weather was clear. The Air Force noted the witness was an experienced observer. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Bedford & Canton, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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1 Bo iN PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3
| 1. pate : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Wos Balloon
1 22 August 1957 Bedford & Canton, Ohio 8 is 114 Belen
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hohe Micheal
3 : E O Was Aircraft
3 i Bry | JR a ES RR XE Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft |
3 oMT_22/15207 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircroft
: 5. PHOTOS ; . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E 0 Yes OD Probably Astronomical
3 a No Milit ary OD Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO
E UX Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
4 0 Unknown
§ 20 seconds one West
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Round object, size of head of pin Insufficient information to
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1 color white, no sound, traveling at properly evaluate,
3 high rate of speed and very high alt.
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971332