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Case FileNARA NAID 28959103 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Lake Erie, July 1954July 1954

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 Lake Erie, July 1954 in July 1954. The full case file (6 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 21.

Reported location

Lake Erie, July 1954

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: Pr 5) Al Taste : 0 Wos Balloon
25 July 1954 Laxe orle 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
1912 ki Kor : 1 Was Aircraft
| Local ee “A Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar al Probably Aircraft
| GMT 20/00122 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft ’
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
{ Z No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE R Othe UNIDENTIFIED
W 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 1 0 Unknown !
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cylindrical, 20; long and 20" diameter, Investigation proved negative,
, Object was traveling at high rate of
| speed on water at lake Brie, Object was black.
| Observed 300 ft in front of his boat. Made
| arc and passed 50 ft stern of boat.
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