Cleveland, OhioJune 1955

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Summary

On June 2, 1955, a civilian and a military witness in Cleveland, Ohio saw a single object. The civilian was a Ground Observer Corps member and the other was a technician sergeant. The sighting lasted about fifteen minutes. The object moved eastward.

The object was round, about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. It moved eastward very slowly at an estimated height of 500 feet. It appeared yellow, red, and orange. Binoculars were used.

The Air Force record lists the conclusion as a balloon. Officials noted the traits matched a balloon. A balloon launched from a research laboratory was estimated to be over the area at the time of the sighting, which supported the balloon explanation.

Reported location

Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ¢ ; |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3p) : EE ls PT 0 Was Bolloon |
©1 June 1955 Cleveland, Ohio DO Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION. —|@¥ Possibly Balloon |
sr ¢ : 0 Was Aircraft
Local Tr E+ Ground- Vi sual 0) Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft |
omT_ 9% 01322, June 1255 # 0) Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
J 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably er
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eee Cite TOOT X Military {i fl ltt |
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bc, DTW ii ais sii is sniniiin
ny glam ’- RG 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
ifteen (15) minutes one{1) Eastward QO Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING N 11. COMMENTS
i ne (1) round object the size of a helf dollar| The characteristics of the UFO3 cor-
3 121d at arms length, was obsarved moving respond with those of a balloon. ‘The
i »agtward very slowly at an estimated heighth | fact that a balloon launched from the |
£ five hudared (500) feet. Object appeared [Mabel Rasearch iaboratory was estimated
rallow, red, and orange. Binoculars used. to be over this area at the time of
] sightinz seems to substantiate the
theory of the sighting being a balloon.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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