Rod Lion, OhioMarch 1953

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Summary

This is an operations report from Project Blue Book covering March 16 to 21, 1953. Project Blue Book was the Air Force program that kept the official records of unidentified flying object reports. The Red Lion, Ohio item is dated March 19, 1953.

At Red Lion, Ohio, a report came in about an unidentified object found in a field on a property owner's land. Project Blue Book staff, with a weapons specialist and a demolition specialist, drove to the site. They found the object was a discarded World War II bazooka shell. They assured the people there was nothing to worry about and left.

The report also notes other activity that week, including the project monitor's transfer and a statistical study of past reports. For the Red Lion item, the conclusion was that the object was a bazooka shell, so it was physical evidence found on the ground, not a flying object.

Reported location

Rod Lion, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1953

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

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