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Case FileNARA NAID 28983208 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Dayton, OhioMay 1959

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 May 1959. The full case file (2 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 36.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 May 59

2. LOCATION: Dayton, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] GMT 0100/02

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Ground-Visual checked]

5. PHOTOS: [No checked]

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Bright light, larger than a star, over Wayne Avenue.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient information to form a valid conclusion.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [Unknown checked]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983208

Connected across the archive

People

Captain John C. NewellCaptain John S. FletcherCaptain Nichols

Organizations

ATICUSAF

Places

Dayton, OHDayton, OhioOhioWayne Avenue

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

19591959-05-011 May 593-4 May 19594 May 59

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