PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070186

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONKent Ohio

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon Was Balloon
27 August 1956 Kent, Ohio Kent, Ohio 00 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balleon
Local X Ground-Visual X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 o Was Aircraft
Probably Aireraft ax Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 27/1750Z GMT 27/1750Z AirVisual AinVisual Air-Intercept Rodar Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aireraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 000 00 Probably Astronomical
XO No Military (GOC) Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE o Other Other.
000 Insufficient Data Insufficient Date for Evaluation for Evaluation
Unknown
two minutes one southwest
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One silver cigar-shaped object, one Shape, size , color, speed dura-
half inch long visually and three tion of sighting indicate the
inches long through binoculars. Object probability of an a/c.
was sharp on d and blunt on the
other, objec ed at about 120 MPH at
a very lov tude in a southvestaly
direction. Object was in view for two
minutes.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Mutti
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PP RJEDEN RJEPNB RJEDI RJEPHQ V
DE RJEDBW 3B OIRD
P 2S1827Z sot
FM COMDR 662D ACWRON BROOKFIELD AFSTA OHIO ati
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC' ENT AFB' COLORADO
RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB N Y 00:26
RJEDBW/COMDR 3OTH ADIV WILLOW RUN AFSTA MICH
RJEDWP/COMDR AISS WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ss.
RJEPHQ/I RJEPHQ/D SHINGTON D.C. GTON D.C.
BT
SHAPE CMA HALF INCH LONG VILUALLY Y CMA THREE INCHIONG WITH 7X50 BINOCULARS
CMA COLOR SILVER CMA NUMBER ONE CMA OBJECT SHARP ON ONE END BLUNT ON THE CMA COLOR SILVER CMA NI CMA OBJECT ON ONE END BLUNT ON THE
OTHER END CMA NO SOUND PD PART 2 PD ALTITUDE MERY LOW CMA SPEED ABOUT
12A MPH CMA MOVING SOUTHWEST CMA IN SIGHT TWO MINUTES PD PART3 PD
VISUAL AND 7X52 BINOCULARS PD PART 4 PD 1750Z CMA 27 AUG 56 CMA DAY PD
PART 5 PD CANTON GOC CMA JK 3909 PD PART 6 ID TERRY BEAL CMA 14 YEARS OLD
CMA 4149 E SUMMIT ST CMA KENT OHIO CLN HENRY H Y LEE CMA T/SGT AF10731626
CMA DET 6 4571 ST GOC PD PART 7 PD WX SCATTERED CMA WINDS ALOFT 5
270 104 15 CMA 10 270 30 &6 CMA 15 290 49 -3 CMA 20 290 40 -12 CMA 33
9 30 -41 CMA 45 290 50 -61 PD PART 8 PD NEG PD PART 9 PD NEG PD
PART ASK CMA INT O
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28/2054Z AUG RJEDBW
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