PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785802

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCanton Springfield Ohio

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Canton, 0 Was Balloon
7 May 1956 Alliance, Springfield, Ohio KX Probably Bblloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 08/0035 0045Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS b. SOURCE o Was Astronomical
Y.s Probably Astronomical
No Civilian and Air Force Possibly Astronomical
NOAECS
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE 0 , Other. Other.
000 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
twenty twenty minutes minutes one drifting N Unknown
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, the size of a half object, the size of a half Due to the driffing, duration, Due to the driffing, duration,
dollar held at arms length, drift- time of day; it time of day; i s the opinion he opinion
ing very slowly towar ing very slowly towa he North. of this hq that this sighting of this hq that is sighting
was probably generated by a was probably ated by a
balloon.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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JEDBW/COMDR 3DTH ADIV WILLOW RUN AFSTA JEDBW/COMDR 3OTH ADIV WILLOW RUN AFSTA MICH ATORINV
JEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY
JEDWP/COMDR AISS WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO JEDWP/COMDR AISS WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO NH
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UNCLASSIFIED/INT5-3DPD UFOB THIS MSG IN 12 PARTS PD PART 1 PD SHAPE
OUND CMA SIZE OF DIME CMA COLOR SILVER CMA NUMBER ONE CMA OBJECT
OVING VERY SLOWLY CMA NO SOUND PD PART II PD ALTITUDE 15, 0DD FT CMA
OVING LP CNA IN SIGNT 3 MINUTES PD PART III PD VISUAL PD PART IV PD
Y 1956 CNA 0035Z CMA NIGHT PD PART V PD LOCATION ONE MILE WEST
JL 5255 PD PART VI PD KERMIT WARD CMA 655 WRIGHT AVE CMA ALLIANCE
NA OHIO CMA E2 CMA 531 S. LINDEN AVE CMA ALLIANCE CMA OHIO
CLN T/SGT DENNIS PERSONS CMA CANTON G.9.C.PD PART VII PD WX VERY CLEAR
:.A WINDS ALOFT NOT AVAIL NEG PD PART IX PD NEG PD
PART X PD NEG PD PAR XI OFFICER
PART XII PD NEG PD
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