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Case FileNARA NAID 28977890 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Van Wert, OhioApril 1958

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 Van Wert, Ohio in April 1958. The full case file (5 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 32.

Reported location

Van Wert, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
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: PROJECT 16073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i hy Eh 0 Was Balloon

E 18 Apr O8 Van Wer Cina 0 Probably Balloon

3 oy recep oti fe sec ed i hactaer od ASO EL ee eC LIRR [9] ssi

; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

: Local er Se kB Ue eg de “0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 3 i
: - 00 Probably Aircraft b
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- GMT. 19/0! 50 4 NTI] 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar {J Possibly Aircraft

7 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE TRE Ey 0 Was Astronomical 4
; QD Yes [m] Probchly Astronomical 5 7) A
: \G.-No Oh VE JF Possibly Astronomical/(F FT a
3 7. LENGTH OF Oacepv mi ———fdVilian = ee te t—————— ——

: 7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF C3JECTS | 9. COURSE D QERNER IE veel bh sniitis fl vy

- 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation

5 ; 0 Unknown

anins one stationary

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4 i0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Tl. COMMENTS

: Bright silvery obj observed in same Nothing on radar in the area. Singe
J} position for a period of seven mins obj was stati onary & the condi-

: vhen it was obscured by clouds, tion was overcast w/haze the sighl
: Position was North of Northwest at ing is attributed to the star

: a 43 degree eleva tion. Sky was over- Capella, Capella was in the appro J

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i cast, Position rptd & the unug ual charal-
teristics are assun 2d due to the

; atmospheric conditions present at

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