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Case FileNARA NAID 28961672 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Dayton, OhioApril 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR text from this Project Blue Book case file is too heavily degraded to support an accurate summary. While the cover sheet indicates a sighting in Dayton, Ohio in April 1955, the narrative content on pages 3 through 10 is largely illegible. The handwritten witness statement (Form B, page 10) is particularly difficult to parse, and critical details about what was observed, how long the sighting lasted, and the circumstances of the observation cannot be reliably extracted from the OCR. The file notes only that the Air Force evaluation was "unknown" and that observers saw an aircraft at the same time as the object, which was described as "similar to flattened out balloon." The complete 10-page case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 10
Transcribed text
j PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE rae 2. LOCATION 5 fa [12. conclusions £5
6 0 VYias Balloon
FT bb ARS i | a oY ©) (EF TOROS 1-8 Lol Loa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hs ad fi ld)
2! ‘ [id . E .
3 Local a SARE CET 3 Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar ae Nin
3 ER MT 06/15257 STN 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0D Was Astronomical
0 Yes u} Probably Astronomical
Ete ee sa] CGAVELARY & Military oo 0 TARDY ARIE)
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RN
y 0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
A 00 Unknown
4 en EE ERE one oh maneuvered. foc co
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Similar to flattened out. Balloon, Duration & flight suggestive of
; Observers saw a/c at same time. a/c observation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Shahi BE od 7 Lame tH eo RAR TP LH GE 5 AER TORR RES)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961672

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Organizations

Project Blue Book

Places

Dayton, OHOhio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-04-01

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