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Case FileNARA NAID 28939629 · T1206 Roll 8

Project Blue Book Case File

Cincinnati, OhioSeptember 1951

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 Cincinnati, Ohio in September 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1951

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Rea hy PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 12 8¢p @1 Cincinnati, Ohio E Rl Rates
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belicen
RI es. | 3 Gm Viens O Greund-Reder 8 Pets Averets
GMT 12/0615 and 0630Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercep? Rodor DO Possibly Aircroft
: 5. P S B Wos Astronomicel Meteor
O Yes : OD Probably Astronemicel
0 Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CER TERABERR SAe CEreNReN
O Insufficient Deote for Evoluation
10 Seconds 1 | 315 deg 0 Unknown
 |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Color was Dark-r8d glow in front, white trail.| Evaluated as a Meteor,
Speed was high. Shape like bullet.Alt 20,000
ft. Size was that of B-29. Disappeared
behind mountains to North.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939629

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

B-29

Places

CincinnatiCincinnati, OHOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19511951-09-01

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