Canton, OhioMarch 1956

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Summary

On March 27, 1956, a civilian and Air Force Ground Observer Corps personnel at Canton, Ohio, reported one object at 1230 (about 12:30 p.m.). The report was filed 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 baseball at arm's length. It was yellow with a silver tinge. It appeared to stay still and made no sound. The estimated altitude was 2,000 to 5,000 feet. The object was in view about two minutes. The witness said the same object had been seen in December 1954 and August 1955. The sky was clear.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly a balloon. The record said the color, the shape, and the fact that it was seen in daytime pointed to a balloon.

Reported location

Canton, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
» ; 0 Was Boll
27 March 1956 canton, Ohio 0 Probably. Belloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ta aEossl ty Bdlivoh |
Local Er AI Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar a Probably Alreraft
omr__21/1230% lio 8, D Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
Xf No ivilian and AF (GOC) H FRERRly Astrenviical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE QE SOPRA a Vy BOE
0D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. y 0 Unknown
two minutes one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round yellow (tinged with silver) |Due to the color, the shape,
object, the size of a baseball held and the fact that this sighting
at arms length, estimated to be at was made in the daytime, it
2-5 thousand feet altitude. is the opinion ¢f this head--
quarters that a balloon was
possibly the cause of the sight
ing,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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