Lockbourne AFB, OhioJune 1962

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio in June 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Lockbourne AFB, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997603

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Places

Lockbourne AFB, OH Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-06-01