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Case FileNARA NAID 28984945 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Blue Ash, OhioOctober 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Blue Ash, Ohio in October 1959. The full case file (5 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 37.

Reported location

Blue Ash, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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4 Fac PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION T12. CONCLUSIONS i
3 | iO Wes Balloon
: 11 Oct 59 Blue Ash, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Oi PPRBRY Eitan
k i 0 Was Aircroft
| § toe) ooo Bee x O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
1 owt 11/15002 15002 vi o 1.5 sual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
; 5. PHOTOS — | 6. SOURCE MX Was Astronomical Y22US
i DO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: XH No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
1 eaten) TR SIRE [67h 4. £1 EONS NEE ERs NOE CG
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
4 5 {haptic ent Data for Evaluation
20 mins one stationary | oo
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Obj w/the brilliancy of a bright star observed Venus was in the position noted at
Ey during the daytime. The side near the sun bei the time of the observation.
. brighter than the side away fm the sun. Described
v as rod or oval in shape and believed to be
3 possible metallic. Positional data determined
4 by compasssand elev Jy a vernier protractor.
i Elev 57.1% azimuth 200° magnetic.
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984945

Connected across the archive

Craft and vessels

C-47

Places

Blue Ash, OHOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-10-01

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