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Case FileNARA NAID 28998728 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Cleveland, OhioAugust 1962

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Cleveland, Ohio in August 1962. 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 46.

Reported location

Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Belloon i
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W om 21/0200 a AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft |
5. "PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIN 0%
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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flight for about 5 minutes, been launching balloons by flare 2
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998728

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