DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7202289
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1958
REPORTED LOCATIONPigua Ohio
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 0635 0635 AM til Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
000 00 Probably Probably Aircraft Aircraft
GMT 13/11357 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Yes 000 00 Probably Astronomical
.No .No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other.. Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
5 seconds 5 sedonds one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, dirty-white obj, size of Insufficient info for evaluation.
basketball, appeared to glow & seemed baskotball, appeared to gloy & seemed
to be climbing when it disappeared. to be climbing when i disabueared.
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UFO seen over F Pique, Ohio, at C635 EsP. It appeared to be black and
white, ebe to oval
movins slowly north. Wes in sight J-h seconds. Seemed to be climbing hen it
disappeared. a8 seen
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Report called in
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U. 5. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
This questionnaire has bean propared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much
infcrmation as pos oncerning ths unidontified deria! phenomanon that you havs obsarved.
Please try to answer as many quastions as you possibly can. Tho information that you give will
be used for resoare purposas, and will be regardod as confidential matorial. Your name will not
bn used in connection with any statemants, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Wo requast this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for
further details.
1. Whon did you see the objoct? Time of day: -
Hour Minules
Day Month Year (Circle Ona): A.M. or P.M.
3. Tima xone:
(Circla One): (Circla One): a. Eastern Eastorn (Circl One): (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving Daylight Saving
b. Contral Contral b. Standard
c. c. Mountain
d. Pacific d. Pacific
. Other. . Other_
4 Where wore you when you saw the objoct? 4. Where wore you when you saw the object?
Nearast Poatal Addrosa Noarast Poatal Addrosa City or Town City or Town State or Country
Additional ramarks: Additional ramarks: _
5. Estimate how long you saw the object.
Hours Minutes Seconds
. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly cortain d. Just a guess
What was the condition of the sky?
(Circla One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a traco of daylight
b. Dull daylight No trace of daylight
c. Bright wilight f. Don't remamber
7IF you saw tha object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or AWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at
the objact?
{Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
C. To your right f. Don't remember
ATIC FORM NO. 164 (13 OCT 54)
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8. IF you saw the ouject at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
B.1 STARS (Circle Ona) 8.2 MOON (Ciele One):
a. None d. Bright moonlight
b. A few 6. Oull moonlight
C. Many e. No mooniight -- pitch dark
d. Don't remomber d Don't romember
9. Wes the objest brightor than the background af the aky?
(Cirele One) .Yos b. No c. Don't remambor
10, IF I was BRiGHTER THAN the sky bockground, was the brightnass like that of an automobile headlight?:
(Cirele Ona) a. A mila or more away (a distant cur)?
b. Sovera! blocks dway?
6. A bloek away?
d. Sovarel yards away?
s. Othor 9. Other
11. Did the object: (Cirele One for ench question) (Circle One for ench questlon)
a. Appear to stand still al any tima? d. Appear to stand still al any time? Yes No No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yos No Don't Know
e. Break up into parts or explode? Break up Into ports or explode? Yos No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't Know
a. Change brighiness? Chonge brighiness? Yes Yos No Don't Know
1, Chonge shape? Yes No Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yas Yas No Don't Know
12. Did the object move behind somothing at anytime, particulorly a cloud?
(Circle Ono): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
It moved behind:...
1. Did tho object move in front of something at anytine, particulorly a cloud?
(Cirele One) Yes No Don't Know, iF you answered YEs, than tell what
it moved in front of:
14. Did the object oppeor: (Circle Onu): a. Solld? b. Transporent? c. Don't Know,
15. Did you observe the objoct through any of the following?
d. Eyeglasses Yos No e. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses Yus 5. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshiald No 9. Theodolits Yes
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other
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17. Drow ap oblect or oblocts. Labe! and Includs In your skatch any dotaila
of tho objeet that you saw such as winga, protruslona, et., and sspaclally exhaust tralls or vapor tralls. Place
an arrow bealde the drawing to show the diroctlon the obloct was moving.
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18. The odgos of the objoct were:
(Ciral Ona): a. Fuzzy or blurred . Other
b. Like a bright stor
c. Sharply outlined
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20. Draw a picture that will show the motlon that the object or objects mads. Place an "A at the beginning
of the path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changas in diroction during the course.
2. IF PossisLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the objact was in its longest dimenslon.
.feet.
22 How large did the object or objects cppear as comparod with one of tha following objects held in the hand
and at about arm's length?
(Circle Ona): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollar
b. Pea h. Basoball
c. Dims 1. Grapefruit
Nickat j. Baskotball
. Quarter &. Other
. Half dollar
22.1 (Circle One of the following to indicata how certaln you are of your answar to Question 22.
.Cortain . Cortain c. Not very sure c. Not vory sure
b. Fairly corialn . Fairly corialn d. Uncortain d. Uncortain
23. How did the object or objects disappear from view?
24. In ordar that you can give as clear a pisture as posslble of what you sow, we would like for you to Imagine thal you could
conatruct tha objoct that you saw. Of what type materlal would you make it? How large would it bs, and what shape
would it havs? Descrlbe in your own words a common obloct or oblocts which whon placed up In the sky would give the
same appeorance as the objnet whlch you sow.
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a. Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
b. In a car c. In open countrysida?
c. Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d, In an airplane e. Flying over a city?
e. At seo f. Flying over open country?
f. Other. g. Other
27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
28. IF you ware MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, than complete the following questions:
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
C North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h.Northwest
30. What direction were you oking when you last saw the object? (Circle Ona)
o North c. East e. South g· West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
.If you are fa lar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a. From true North _ degrees.
b.F From horizon degrees.
31.2 V When it disappeared:
a.From true Nor th degrees.
b. From horizon degrees.
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4. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
a. Clear sky a. No wind
b. Hazy Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds c. Strong wind
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Don't remember
. Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
a. Dry a. Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow Hot
e. Don't remember e. Don't remember
35. When did you report to some offic ial that you had sean the object?
Day Month Year
3. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? 3. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes No No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses:
Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Yes No
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, whare, and under what cireumstances did you see other ones?
.In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
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39. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? .......m.p.h.
40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? feet.
Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME F
ast Name First Name Middle Name
ADDRESS
Streot City Zone Stato
TELEPHONE NUMBER
What is your present job?
Sex
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had. Plaase indicate any special educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school e. e. e.e. Technical school _ Technical school.
b. High school.__ h. Hiah school (Typa) _ (Typa)
c. College - Other special training
d. Post graduate
42. Date you completed this questionnaire: Dav Month Yoar
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
PRECEDE TYPE MSG (Chack) SYMBOL ACCOUNTING ORIG. OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION
BOOK MULTI SINGLE OF REFERENCE
ACTION
INFO X. AF
PRIORITY
FROM: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
2046TH AACSRON W-P AFB OHIO
TO:
COMDR 3OTH AD WILLOW RUN AFS, YIPSILANDI, MICH
COMDR ATIC, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHTO (MAIL)
ASS'T CHIEF OF STAFF, INTELLIGENCE, USAF, WASH 25, DC
HEADQUARTERS, USAF, WASHINGTON 25, DC HEADQUARTERS, USAF, WASHINGTON 25, DC A OFFICE OF INFO INFO SVCS SVCS
UNCLASS 2046FS-13-L-62 UFOB.
A.
(4) E, (5)N/A, 6) NONE (4) OE, (5)N/A, 6) NONE, NONE, (8 )NONE, ONE,
APPEARED TO GLOW. ()APPEARED TO GLOW.
B. (1)NOT GIVEN, (2) BETWEEN 300 & 400 FT OVER PIQUA,
OHIO, (3) BETWEEN 300 & 400 FT APPEARED T0 BE CLIMBING,
(4) MOVING SLOWLY NORTH, (5) SLOWLY TO THE NORTH, //
(6) THREE OR FOUR SECONDS.
. () NAKED EYE, 2)NONE, (3)N/A
D. (1) 13/1135Z, DAWN OCT 53.
DATE TIME
1.3 15
MONTH YEAR
58
SYMSOL SIGNATURE
2046TEL AACS
TYPED NAME AND TITLE (Signtture, if required) TYPED (Or StaMPed) NAME AND TITLE
30-0 L.RMADRID M/SGT ChJWAnUE EDVARD E. TORHOW
PHONE PAGE NR. NR. OF PAGES Captain, USAF
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION Asst.
Chief of Administration
UNCLASSIFIED
DD, FAYAY5 FORM 173 REPLACES DD FORM 173,1 49, WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED