PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6970079

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONCanton Ohio

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Ye ed PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Gray, round dome on tong! and bottom which
were white in cola, no sound, obj was low and.
stationary until approached by dviilian a/c,
then obj went straight up and disappeared.

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2. LOCATION
anton, Ohio |

© Wes Bolloon
17 Jul. 55 O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dll cages
O Was Aireroft
Lecal 5 x Ground- Vi sual © Ground-Reder oO Probebly Airereft
GM 1 / 00552 0 Ale Visual O Air-Intereept Rodar | Possibly Aircroft
| 5. PHOTO! OURCE © Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
® No civilian and militar [0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TS ae
10 min 1 Stationary then = ooo Data for Evaluation

12, CONCLUSIONS

Straight up
11. COMMENTS

Evaluated as Possible Balloon.

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/UNCLASSIFIED/ INT 7-92 PD UFOB THIS MSG IN 12 PARTS PD PART I PD SHAPE
LARGE CMA SIZE OF AIRCRAFT CMA COLOR GRAY CMA NUMBER ONE PD ROUND DOME
TOP AND BOTTOM CMA WHITE IN COLOR PD NO SOUND PD PART II PD OBJECT LOW
AND STATIONARY PD PRIVATE CITIZEN RPTD OBJECT PD WHEN APPROACHED BY CIV
AIRCRAFT OBJECT WENT STRAIGHT UP IN SKY AND DISAPEARED IN OVERCAST PD

SAY FOR 29 MINUTES PD PART III PD VISUAL SIGHTING PD PART IV PART

PD TIME 2299 CMA 17 JULY CMA 1955 PD PART V PDLOCATION JL 3648 PD PART VI

PD CLV HAY CYA NQMMMR, CMA RT 4 CMA CANTON CMA OHIO PD
MILITARY OBSERVER CMA PERSON CMA S/SGT CMA ATTACHMENT 6 CMA 4674ST SaD

PD PART VII PD WX OVERCAST CMA WINDS ALOFT CMA 598% FT 269 DEG 12 KNOTS
CMA 16286 FT 269 DEG 2 KNOTS CMA 15908 FT 249 DEG 29 KNOTS CMA 26990 FT
239 DEG 3% KNOTS CMA 32989 FT 249 DEG 39 KNOTS PD PART VIII PD NEG PD =

PART IX PD NEG PD PART X PD CIV AIRCRAFT NEAR OBJECT PD PART XI PD PRE-

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