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Case FileNARA NAID 28990439 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

Cleveland, OhioDecember 1960

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 Cleveland, Ohio in December 1960. 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 41.

Reported location

Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. COMCLUSIONS
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2. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION iit she
BIO ntsc iio nina tnt 0 Ground-VYisual 3 Grownd-Rodar a Wos Aiveralt
1 Probably Airceafe
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SUI TF inv acho iain cops ied a Aim Visual 00 Air-Intarcep) Hodor 0 Possibly Aireroft
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5. PHOTOS 0. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probubly Astronomical
tJ Ne Civilian pilot 3 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF ORS2RYATION E. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ISR LL TRTRTREISRTSTNY WE ——
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id ye RAI of ts 0 Unknown
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10. BRISE SUMMARY? UF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A Copitol Airlines pilot was N of Cleveland The witness did not previde much infor-
on a heading of 331° when he spotted a bright | mation, but the object of thic sighting
object. The U0 was deseribed as extremely vas probably a satellite, The hour ol
bright and intermittent, like the satellite the sighting was not givea but if it
Echo I, but much brighter. The object was occurred before 2320 hours the moon was
reported to be traveling from IW to SE and not yet vp and the dark sky could
was in sight aprox 5 min. account for the apparent extra brighbnesi.
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