PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8869239

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONLakewood Ohio

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wes Balloon
1 September 1958 Lakewood, Ohio 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pessibly Balloon
Lecal xGreund-Visual Ground-Roder Wes Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 15/0310z 0 Alr Visual Air-Intereept Radar Pessibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical lla
Yes d Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data valuation
5 mins Unknown
one ENE
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj like a star, size of golf ball, The observer probably sew LHe
yellowish color w/glow. Seemed to star Capella. Capella a Cu51.r
hover & slowly rise, moving to azimuth 25dgr elev rising towerd
East & Northeast. East.
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RJEZHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
BT
UNCLAS 2046FS-15-J-61. COMPLIANCE WITH AFR 200-2 THE FOLG •
IS SUBMITTED •
1 LIKE A STAR B GOLFBALL CYELLOWISH D ONE E N/A
AND SLOWLY RISE AND MOVE TO EAST AND NORTHEAST NOT VERY FAR
2. A NOTICED OVER TOP OF NEIGHBORS ROOF HWILE LOOKING AT STARS
B 30 DEGREES CLIMING TO 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON TO EAST OF OBSERVERS
C SRILL SEEM WHEN REPORT CALLED IN D NEG E NEG F FOR 45 MIN
WHEN REPORTED CALLED IN
3. A EYESIGHT B NEG C NEG
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4. A-150310Z B NIGHT
5. LAKEWOOD OHIO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO
LAKEWOOD OHIO PHONE
7. A CLEAR NEG CLEAR NONE F NONE
8 NONE
9 NONE
10 NORMAL AIRTRAFFIC IN CLEVELAND AREA
11 OPERATIONS OFFICER ABOVE REPORT GIVEN TO PREPARING OFFICER BY
JW" AT CLEVELAN
BT WPAFB 14.lept 58
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