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Case FileNARA NAID 28966939 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Painesville, OhioAugust 1956

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 Painesville, Ohio in August 1956. The full case file (2 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 26.

Reported location

Painesville, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 AUGUST 1956

2. LOCATION
Painesville, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 15:20UTC

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checked]
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes [checked]
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian and Military (2)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
E to W

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon [checked]
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Short [illegible] size of basketball, orange hue. Moved east to west in night sky for brief period. Observers believed it was unusual object because of [illegible] appearance and movement. Speed and time in sight for evaluation could be made.

11. COMMENTS
Because of inconsistency of observer reports regarding UFO movement, speed and time in sight no evaluation can be made.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 REF 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966939

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

OhioPainesvillePainesville, OHPainesville, Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

14 August 195616 Aug 5619561956-08-01