Englewood, OhioMay 1955

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Summary

# Summary

On May 27, 1955, a resident of Englewood, Ohio reported finding a lightweight rock that resembled a melon. The person brought the specimen to the Air Force Technical Information Center (ATIC) for evaluation as possible evidence of an unidentified aerial phenomenon.

According to the case file, the rock was described as extremely hard and very porous. Air Force investigators examined the specimen and determined it was slag, a byproduct of metal smelting and industrial processes. The rock sample was retained in the ATIC file.

The Air Force's evaluation of this case was listed as unknown. The full case file, consisting of 9 pages as preserved by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Englewood, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
\. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS b
a ; 0 Was Balloon
27 May 1955 on ea nglewood Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION se Label dale
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Local 2130 KBP? XX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
TRE RTE Q Probably Aircraft
AA | 0 Air-Visuadl C1 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 7) 4 Ra Bh é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes Hei Le : O Probably Astronomical
XINo 5 Ras SRY | | C ivilian ; DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RxOther_ Slag
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown
CRE THREE RS SON OK |. SCS IE RSE | IO CEPR AE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Found light-weight rock, Source visited ATIC w/eovidence,.
: os Rock was extremely hard, very
Chee Spor wan Ras | poarous. Evaluated as slag
: \ : formation, Specimen In File,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
h FR Ch se Aa A Rl OTHER OE FER SRT EEE ON AP (HER i di ]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962245