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Case FileNARA NAID 28998733 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Newark, OhioAugust 1962

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 Newark, Ohio in August 1962. 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 46.

Reported location

Newark, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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21 August 1962 Newark, Ohio Srey Paton
3. DATE-TIME GROUP |'%. TYP: OF OBSERVATION i RE Sano
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GMT. 22/00407 5 0 Air Vi sual OO Air-lntercept Radar DO Possibly Aircrait
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE J Was Astronomical
C Yes 3 Probobly Astronomical
XH No | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF O35ERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Chi HOE AOA :
HX Xlnsutticient Data for Evaluction
“ 0 Urknown
30 seconds ! one. North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
bj observed overhead traveling almost| Insufficient data for analysis.
u® North disappearing just above Questionnaires sent but no reply] -
jlorizon after flight of about 30 secs.,| received. Possible a high flying
Speed about 2 dgr per/second, Observed| jet or satellite just prior to
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