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Case FileNARA NAID 28962861 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Canton, OhioJuly 1955

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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 Canton, Ohio in July 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Canton, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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a xh A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD li |
\« DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : 0 Wes Belloon
17 Jul-55 anton, Ohio O Probably Balloon |
3. DATETIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tm |
QO Was Aircraft
AT Ee — 32 Ground-Visval DO Ground-Redor 0 Probably Alrer oft
| GM 1 / 292 Q Ain Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aireroft
S. PHOTO : OUR O Was Astronomical :
a Yes : O Probably Astronomical
2 No : civilian and militar ‘10 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o A ppg re rove errs
10 min 1 Stationary then a BORG ata for Evaluation :
straight up ;
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS
| | Gray, round dome on tors and bottom which Evaluated as Possible Balloon. /
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