PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6960669

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONColumbus Ohio

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
16 Feb 58 Columbus, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
3. 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Locai Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 17/0143Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Yos a Probably Astronomical
No - Civilian Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical FOssibi y Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF NUMBER OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other_ Other
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data forE Evaluation
Unknown
3 secs one E to W
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, bright blue Rnd, bright blue obj w/tail, size of Everything suggests a true fire- fire-
basketball, gave burst of flame & of flame & ball ball (bolide). (bolide).
bright flash of light. of light.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 7 26 3EP 52)
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