PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6313001

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1949

REPORTED LOCATIONMc Donald Ohio

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PROJECT ICO73 RECORD CARD
i. DATE 440 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 August 1949 , : MeDonald, Ohio 0 Was Balloon
- Probably Salloon 7
3. DATE-TIME GROUP ; 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balioon
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Local i XGround-Visual Ground-Rader o Was Aircraft
: I Probably àireraft
GMT 1 AirVisual Air-intercepr Rader a D Possibly Aircrait
5. PHOTOS 6. D Was àstronamicai
GYes a Probably Astronomical
XNO CIV 9 Possibly Astrenomiial
7. LENG TH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER 9. COURSE Cpa_ soe Dolo.
I - insutlicient ucta
- Unknown
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:0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 11. COMMENTS
COj was glittering EVAL: Workers the Carnogi 1
It then split or 5 pieces and floated Steel Plant vere cleaning cut an old I
upward. building and burned some s silver poyer
(trash) Flew into the air.
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mk
TITLE REPORT MADE AT
arson AFB
PERIOD
PROJECT "GRUDGE" 8 Sep 49
(Incident - Niles, reports OFFICE OF ORIGIN
received by DO #5. Wright-Patterson AFB
STATUS
CLOSED
CHARACTER
SPECIAL INQUIRY
REFERENCE
None, this is an initial repart.
SYNOPSIS
An interview with Mr
Niles, Ohio, disclosed that the aeriel phenomena
of MeDonald, Ohio was attributed to the Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Plant cleaing out an old building whereby some
silver paper was being burned l as trash flew into the
air and drew w the attention of a young in turn
reported it or
TERVAIS:
DOWNGR DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS
DOD DIR 5200.10
T.
CLOSED
UNCLASSIFIER
DISTRIBUTION ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO FILE STAMP
CG, AMC 2 Commanding General
MCIAXS (Incl) Air Materiel Command
HQ, OSI 2 Wright-Patterson AFB
File 2 Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXS
7-3712-
Alusuacile
SAi
JEROME M. BRAUN 23
7 Acting District Commander
-208 Replaces AFCSI Form 4, may be used. 10-57764-1 U. S. GOVERNNENT PRINTING OPFICE
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sight and a few minutes later be-
gan to fall toward the earth.
Several persons, including Frank
Roseman of Margaret Ave., saw
the shiny "saucers' but had no
idea as to what they were or even
the shape of them.
As the McDonald residents
watched, one "saucer" looked as
though it might land a few miles
away and several boys took off on
their bicycles to investigate.
The secret of the saucers"
wasn't known until yesterday after.
noon and after special investiga-
:tors of the Air Force had been
called in. An Air Force man was
to come here today to look into
the matter.

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Attn: MCIAXS
1. Reference is made to rear your
office, dated 25 August 1949.
2. Inclosed for your information is a report of investigati on
of Special l Agent CHARLES HORZEN, of this office, dated 21
September 1949.
3. Due to the logical explanation of the unidentified flying
objects, no further imvestigative action is being taken, and the
files of this office are being closed in instant investigation.
1 Incl JEROME BRAUN F;
RST emm
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