Columbus, OhioOctober 1955

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 Columbus, Ohio in October 1955. The full case file (3 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 24.

Reported location

Columbus, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 Oct 55

2. LOCATION
Columbus, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 03/0552 03557

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
No min

7. NO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Appeared as a star. Orange and white, no sound. Observed for 40 min while driving home from work. Positional data includes: from work. Speed was fast. would stop and dart about, flew south in a zig zag path.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
S

10. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Observed for 40 min while driving home from work. Positional data is inconclusive, however, no firm conclusion. the carrier as insufficient data

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963838

Connected across the archive

People

S/SGT JAMES WHITEHEAD

Organizations

664TH ACW SQ BELLEFONTAINE OHIO AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTR WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIO

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Columbus Columbus, OH Columbus, Ohio Ohio