PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340753

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONBedford Ohio

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. ; 0 Wes Bolloon
4 March 1956 Bedford, Ohio QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION oP cas Cy am gen
x . i 0 Wos Aireroft
Local D Ground-Vi sual OD Ground-Rador Q Probobly Aircroft
comtT___05/01227. D Air Visual 0 Air-Intarcept Rador QO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
0 Yes Q Probably Astronomical
i Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE 0 , Other
Ox Insufficient Data for Evaluation
, O Unknown
unknown one varied

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10, BRIE? SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round object, size of basketball.
Color yellow. Objects speed slow
and revolving with one side dimmer
than the other. Object moved from
first sighting back and forth.

ATIC FORM 329 (R&VY 25 32? 52)

11, COMMENTS

Insufficient data for analysis.
Duration not reported and
positional information vague,
Possible a/c beacon however can-
not conclude on limited data
presented,

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/UNCLASSIFIED/ INT-3-42 PD UFOB THIS MSG IN 12.PARTS PD
PART I PD SHAPE ROUND CMA SIZE BASKETBALL CMA COLOR YELLOW CMA NUMBER

1 CMA NO SOUND CMA SPEED SLOW OBJECT REVOLVED WITH ONE SIDE DIMMER THAN
OTHER PD PART II PD ALTITUDE 1 TO 11/2 MILES CMA FROM INITIAL SIGHTING
JM 282% OBJECT MOVED 2 MILE BACK HALFWAY NORTH CMA THEN FROM WEST TO EAST
ABOUT 4 MILE THEN BACK EAST TO WEST SMAE DISTANCE AND THEN NORTH AND

| SOTH AGAIN PD PART III PD OBSERVATION WITH BINOCULARS PD PART IV PD 4322
| 2ULU CMA 5 MARCH 1956 CMA NIGHT PD PART V PD LOCATION JM 2322 PD

PART VI PD VUE, CMA AGE 21 CMA Qi NGREIereRS OHIO CMA FILE

| GLERK PD PART VII PD WX BEGINNING TO CLOUD UP CMA WINDS ALOFT NOT

| AVAILABLE PD PART VIII PD NEG PD PART IX PD NEG PD PART X PD NEG PD PART
| XL PD GEORGE WAGASKY JR CMA OPERATIONS AND INTELLIGENCT OFFICER PD PART

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