Worchester, OhioMay 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Worchester, Ohio in May 1957. 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 27.

Reported location

Worchester, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
29 May 1957                      Worcester, Ohio               [] Was Balloon
                                                               [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION        [] Possibly Balloon
Local 2330-to 2250              [] Ground-Visual             [] Was Aircraft
GMT30/0330Z                     [] Ground-Radar              [] Probably Aircraft
                                [] Air-Visual                [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [] Air-Intercept Radar       [] Was Astronomical
[] Yes                          6. SOURCE                    [] Probably Astronomical
[] No                           Civilian                     [] Possibly Astronomical
                                                             [] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS         [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
20 minutes                      [] UNO                       [] Unknown
                                                             9. COURSE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   stationary

Two star like objects red and white   11. COMMENTS
stationary observed naked eye and      Probably stars, however data
binoculars on 300 dgr bearing other    inconclusive.
information.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 23 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969987

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People

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