Bedford, OhioMarch 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 5, 1956, a civilian at Bedford, Ohio, reported a slow-moving object at night. The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object was round and about the size of a basketball. It was yellow and moved slowly while revolving, with one side dimmer than the other. The object moved back and forth, including north, south, east, and west, over an estimated altitude of one and a half to three miles. It was watched with binoculars. The witness was 21 years old.

The Air Force did not reach a firm conclusion. The record said there was not enough data for analysis because the duration was not reported and the position details were vague. It noted the object might have been an aircraft beacon but said this could not be confirmed.

Reported location

Bedford, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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BR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
E. EAE eee OCATIONY Ys [12 CoNcLUsioNs. |
3 | ; O Was Balloon
on 4 March 1956 Bedford Ohio 0 Probably Balloon |
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BL ECR Db RSL oOn
- lo eal tative Sadie So Rove nd Sh ls | XB Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Nella
1 EEE Ns An Rl RT 0 Air Visual O Air-Intarcept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
3 5 PHOTOS : SOURCE 0 Was Astronamieal : {
4 0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
| . 2 Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
{a 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1s Fs 117] MOA Ca ae SE al
i 3 Insufficiant Dara for Evaluation
= | A 0 Unknown
2 unknown one varied :
3 10, BRIE? SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
: Round object, size of basketball. Insufficient data for analysis,
4 Color yellow. Objects speed slow Duration not reported ang
- and revolving with one side dimmer positional information vague.
E than the other, Object moved from Possible a/c beacon however can-
4 first sighting back and forth, not conclude on limited data
E presented,
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 23 SEP 32)
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