PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6387298

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1948

REPORTED LOCATIONMaplewood Ohio

FRAMES8

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( PROUPOT 100735 OOD AT Incident #169 .
ATIC NO. DATE OF TIFO_ 29 AUg 1943
AF HO. a e t on LOCATION MaplewooOd, Ohio
+ Farmer
REPORT NO. SOURCE
DATE OF UPORT DATE IN TO ATIC
THM OF SIOTING 0530 COLOR Silver
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Sphers SPEED Meduure
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SIZE Large ALTITUDE Masured
COURSF 1e romy
7 myD. BSERVATION Ground

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the location of the nearest weather station making balloon obser-
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2 Inols: 181 W. A. Wost
W. A. WEST
n/o Lt. Col., USAF
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wather sorvice atations of the Air Ford epartment
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10. 3/5
11. Altitudo m/s
12, Speod 3/s
13 Diroction of flight 3/S
14. Tactics substance that floated earthward
15. Sound a/5
15. Sizo large
17. Color silver
21 Skotches or photographs Hone
25. Manner of disappearance Disintegated in nid-air
25. Romarks: (over)
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2 September 1948
HOEE
Wnigkt Fi=lo
Mr. Edward Kadel of NoIAkP, advises the following:
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Nr. Kadel contacted a man up at Indian Lake, 29 August 19li8, vho
Stated that on that date at S:3o A.l. he observed a large silver colored
sphere which seemed to arise from begind his woods and continued to fly
neross his farm. During flight it seemed to unravel a silver substance which
floated eartlward. While still viowed by this farner, the sphere disinte-
grated in nid-air. This man's name is do eof laplewood, Ohio,
eassunonenaerewragenonkgegrteus ir. Kadel further advised that the
farmer congerned was a nan aoproximately So sone odd vears of age and aupear-
ed to be very conscientious and sincere while relating this incident.
The subject seened to have arisen while the two nen were talking and
an airplane happened to fly overhead whereas the farmer then related the
foregoing experience. Kr. Kadel could be contacted in the event that any
assistance is deemed advisable should a meeting with this farmer be advisable.
H. C. ZIEERLIN ACIAXP