Middletown, OhioJune 1961

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Middletown, Ohio in June 1961. The full case file (3 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 42.

Reported location

Middletown, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
10 Jun 61

2. LOCATION
Middletown, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Time Given

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
X Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
One hour

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Not Given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
CO received a phone call that a UFO was observed. Described as a small rocket. A Maj Cambell was investigating. No further word was received.

11. COMMENTS
From the description it is possible that the object was a meteor, or fireworks, or an amateur rocketeer at work. No further word was received and the case is listed as Insufficient Data.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992996

Connected across the archive

People

1/Lt Funnell Lt Wohl Maj Cambell Michael J. Stroff, Jr.

Organizations

Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Places

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