Vermillion, OhioSeptember 1955

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 Vermillion, Ohio in September 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Vermillion, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Vermillion, Ohio

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 22/2354Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, transparent, no sound, stationary 5,000 to 10,000 alt.

11. COMMENTS
Balloon sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963711

Connected across the archive

People

CAPT ROY M ANDERSON

Organizations

COMDR 34TH ADIV WILLOW RUN AFSTA MICH COMDR ADC ENT AFE COLORADO COMDR AIR TECH CENTER U-P AFE OHIO COMDR EADF STEWART AFB N Y DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ RSAF WASHINGTON D C

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Ohio Vermillion Vermillion, OH Vermillion, Ohio