Cincinnati, OhioMarch 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 Cincinnati, Ohio in March 1956. The full case file (2 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

Cincinnati, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 March 1956

2. LOCATION
Cincinnati, Ohio

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Probably Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
25/06202

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X]Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X]No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

[] Other
[X]Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
unknown

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
standing still

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round object no light, standing still.

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for analysis.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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People

LYBARGER MELVIN F CAPT

Organizations

58TH AIR DIVISION AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 DC WRIGHT PATTERSON FLT SVC CENTER

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

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