govweird/archive
Case FileNARA NAID 28967121 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Dayton, OhioAugust 1956

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 Dayton, Ohio in August 1956. 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 26.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
dE Loui a at tL ta ke he bb dl be "
os 9 3 -1 1 N
Re : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a |
4 |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Wos Balloon
22 _Jugu 1956 Dayton, Ohio 0 Lroneny Balloon |
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellesn
WEF WETLENN ’ Lx Wes Aireref?r
Locel :Ground-Visvel O Ground-Roder QO Probebly Airereft
omt__23/0200Z O AirVisvel O Air-Intercopt Rader | 3 Possibly Airerale
5. PHOTO! OL O Wes Astrenomicel
0 Yes ; O Probably Astrenomicel 4
3, y *ivilian O Possibly Astronomicel A
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EB ORs | °
0 Insufficient Date for Eveluation
varied one varied QO Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
‘any reports called in to OD. Light- [A/C from Wright Field on photo
like object crossing bak and forth mission over Dayton. Plane equipped
over Dayton. Object ejected blue with strong bluish light,
flame, No noise, ;
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Bc : : ; | : i
od ¢ a . a pe LN ‘e ;
: LJ 5 Z . ’
/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967121

Connected across the archive

Related case files