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Case FileNARA NAID 28966615 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Carrollton, OhioAugust 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Carrollton, Ohio in August 1956. The full case file (4 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 25.

Reported location

Carrollton, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ' = |
ES ——————————————————————————————————————— a ———
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
RZ August 1956 Carrollton, Ohio O Probably Balloon
E 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3 LER Rly SElipon
Local 3 Vi 3 O Was Aircraft
J BER a eG AN $%Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
GM pn CRIA CT: Vee bi 0 AirVisvel QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
Fi J) yd Sn a EEE I TI Te [T(t A ERR .
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
RXo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O,Othet
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
/ Unknown
twenty minutes one | Northwest i FARR Or RR ECHR,
{10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [1]. COMMENTS
| Un2 cilgar-shaped object approx [oJ | Investigation of this sighting
roe ( r oY 'y 2 1 y- AP Aan rs wor . Nl : NO
fey tong. Color was si ver chanzing | assigned to Fit 3-B, 4602d AISS
| £0. Biue vith glowing re 2 Gold rings. oO jegt on 8 August 1956, AF Form 112
| { moved up and down, back and forth, | will he forwarded,
/ | heading in a northwesterly direction | i
| at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 feet,
Speed was variable,and humming sound |
was noted.lbject was observed for
i twenty minutes visually and through |
binoculars, Object had heen seen for |
‘past two days," |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) !
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i Sst RE MR De a A TR Sn ve al § - ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966615

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