Cleveland, OhioAugust 1951

Unidentified

Summary

On August 8, 1951, near Cleveland, Ohio, a pilot reported a strange object at about 1410 (2:10 p.m.). The pilot was flying about two miles off the lake shore from Port Clinton at 5,500 feet when he saw the object.

He described it as cigar-shaped, about 18 to 20 feet long, dark in color, and resembling a buzz bomb. It was at about 6,000 feet, heading 290 degrees toward the west, and passed him at a very high rate of speed. He reported it to Cleveland radio at 1440 (2:40 p.m.), when his aircraft was about 15 miles east of Cleveland.

The report was relayed through Air Force message channels. The Air Force recorded the case in Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports. The conclusion was that the object was an aircraft.

Reported location

Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1951

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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; ; 55 ¢ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE ° 2. LOCATION 3 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 0 Wes Boll
8 Aug 1951 Cleveland, Ohio 2 oy te, EL
| 3 oATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Selioen
FEE TE RE ae, O Ground-Visuel O Ground-Roder - Pechaily Aver ~
] GMT 8B AinVisvel O Air-Intercep? Rador O Possibly Aircroft
: 5. PHOTOS O Wos Astronomicel
O Yes OD Probobly Astronemicol
Ne nN : O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHEE TRIN C—
¢ DO Insufficient Dote for Eveluation
-- - one West 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cigar shaped obj approx 18 - 20 feet long, Case evaluated as alrcraft.
: color dark resembling a buzz bomb at approx
~|ft alt heading 290 deg West speed high.
. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939375