PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9079127

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONOver Cincinnati Ohio

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
20 Feb 59 Over Cinninnati, Ohio 00 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiblyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local .. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
OK Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 21/0200Z CKAirVisuol Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No Military PossiblyAstronomical
TH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Date Evaluation
Unkno wn
21 mins one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round obj, alternately flashing red, Probably an aircraft.
white, and white, and green lights at about green lights at about t 5 second 5 second
intervals. intervals. A/c followed obj for A/c followed obj for approxi- approxi-
mately 2l minutes to the West. mately 21 minutes to the West.
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ATZC POrN 329 (REv 26 SRP S2) atic porn 329 ORBY 7 26 SEP 52)
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"Object sighted by a Lt. Bradley, ló5th TAC Recon Sq. Ky Air
National Guard, based a at Standiford, Kentuck He was flying
over Cincinnati (B-57) 1.000 feet approximately O2ooz, 2l
Feb 59. Sighted ob ashing alternately red. white and
green. Obje ct.ar l whole object
brilliantly in colors al nately changing red, green
Object was approximately west of pilot in le evel flight.
Pilot Bradley gav Chas heading 2 under direction of Oak
Hill GCI control. object for about 200 miles, object
gradually pulled radley P-57 at 0.8 mach. This
2 object also sighted ree a/c, SAC Numbers Archie 23
and Archie 32 (other ne reported.Reported to Moonshine and
Paycheck. forthcoming.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCI 20 FEB 59
SiD O 107 STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION JNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
C30HQC325ZCYJA062 INCO MING STTTS
PP RJEZHO 2r/02062 uo fuy
DE RJEDSQ 37D CINCINNATI
P2105002 3
FM COMDR 2046TH AACSRON WPAFB OHIO
TO RJWFAL/COMDR ADC
ADIV
RJEDSO/COMDR ATIC
2 RJEZHO/ASST COFS INTELL USAF
RJEZHQ/OFFICE OF I HQ USAF
BT UF
UNCLASS 2046FS-21-B-61 UNCLASS 2046F -B-
A I. ROUND
2. UNK /
3. ALTERNATELY FLASHED RED-WHITE GREEN LIGHTS
4. ONE
5. N/A 5.N/A 6. WHOLE OBJECT ALTERNATELY FLASHED RED-WHITE-GREEN ABOUT 5 ED RED-WHITE-GREEN ABOUT 5
SECOND INTERVALS
7. NONE
8. NONE
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCI
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION (
JNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
PAGE TWO RJEDSQ 37D
9. NONE
B I. BRILIANT LIGHT
2. 4I C00 FT 270 DEGREES 15 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI OHIO
3. 41 000 FT 270 DEGREES
4 STRAIGHT AND LEVEL
5. GRADUALLY TO THE WEST
6. TIME UNK 200 MILES AT SPEED POINT ZERO EIGHT MACH /FOLLOWED/
C I. AIRBORNE VISUAL
2. N/A 2.N/A
3. B573 IDENT UNK 42 000 FT 270 DEGREES .08 MACH STANDIFORD KY
D 1. 21/02002
2. NIGHT 2. NIGHT
E AIRCRAFT OVER CINCINNATI OHIO OHIO
FI.N/A FI. NA
EXCELLENT
G I. CLEAR GOOD VISIBILITY
2.230/8 280/20 290/30 300/60 300/60 290/60 290/60 N/A
3. NOVE CLEAR
4. 15 MILES PLUS
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TATISA
OEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCI
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION .
JNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
PAGE THREE RJEDSO 37D
5.NOJE
6. NONE
H NONE
J. UNKNOWN
K. OPERATIONS OFFICER ON DUTY 2O46TH AACSRON /FLIGHT SERVICE/ W-P
HEARD THE PILOTS OF ARCHIE 23 3 AND 32 REPORT THE SAME OBJECT
Lo Lo NONE NONE
ST BT
21/0608Z FEB RJEDSQ 21/0608Z FEB RJEDSQ
ACTION: CIN
INFO : INFO : OOP, SAFIS
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