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Case FileNARA NAID 28970447 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Canton, OhioJuly 1957

Unidentified

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 1957. The full case file (3 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 28.

Reported location

Canton, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 5 July 1957
2. LOCATION: Canton, Ohio
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkbox] Was Balloon [Checkbox] Probably Balloon [Checkbox] Possibly Balloon [Checkbox] Was Aircraft [Checkbox] Probably Aircraft [Checkbox] Possibly Aircraft [Checkbox] Was Astronomical Star [Checkbox] Probably Astronomical [Checkbox] Possibly Astronomical [Checkbox] Other [Checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [Checkbox] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___ GMT 08/0130Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkbox] Ground-Visual [Checkbox] Ground-Radar [Checkbox] Air-Visual [Checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes [Checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: one hour
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: Westerly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One oval shaped object color'd silver and the size of a baseball at arm's length. Object disappeared several times in the same place. Object headed west and was seen visually for one hour.

11. COMMENTS: Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by a star.

No Report IN FILE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970447

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Organizations

Project 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CantonCanton, OHCanton, OhioOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-07-015 July 1957

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