DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9079522
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1959
REPORTED LOCATIONSof Dublin Ohio
FRAMES4
Machine transcription · mean legibility 65.2/100 ·
engines: tesseract-200dpi
Transcribed Frames
FRAME 001 / 004tesseract-200dpi
a een POET ete een eee nme ener ——
ape — - — a
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
hay 5 of Yublin, O_o
3. DATE-Tim= GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Sa CO Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rador
D Air Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar
. Was Astronomical © |
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomicai
Other am
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
coo oof ofo coo
h secs West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
2 Pe : Ad : ' 2° «=* . Te | .. =
aati Pa ae tees tet Mae 1 r " + + yrs i . 7.9 | ie oy? eer
i» oa hbue ee tt. bate ~ . : . : ee : ‘7 we ae J a «4
“ ’ . . ~~ “* as ~
n. Glow only, no so 2 meteor,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
FRAME 002 / 004tesseract-200dpi
, - i eaeeer® —-
meer. ee RTERIER RTA ERE RETO COLE CY 1 LC CE TI LTTE LEI TT =
HEADQUARTERS
376TH BOMBARDMENT WING (MEDIUM)
United States Air Force
Lockbourne Air Force Bass, Ohio
DCOI 23 March 1959
SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object.
TO; Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
Inclosed is one copy of AF Form 112, Air Intelligences Information
Report, on Unidentified Flying Object, submitted in accordance with —
AFR 200-2 and AFR 200-2A,
/ le he iw? j Cit
1 Incl JOHN W. ROWLEY
AF Form 112 Lt Col, USAF
Chief, Intelligence Division
= = a
" ——+ —-<---e-
FRAME 003 / 004tesseract-200dpi
PUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING REPORT NO. (Leave blank)
\ U.S.
AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
DATE OF INFORMATION
COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS
Columbus, Chio, US A 8 Mar 59
— ee @gpee eee. ane ee oe =_— —— -
LecT
ACTIVITY SUSMITTING REPORT DATE OF COLLECTION SRI STATUS (if applicable)
: , ‘ SRI ONO.
SVst Air Division 9-15 Mar 59
iis ities ad aul ib Saat tea, ON = ee a CANCELED /C OMPLE Te:
PPEPARING IND IV IOUAL DATE OF REPORT SQi NO.
’ . -- - : O/ 1b MPLETE
Major Robert D, Hawkins 20 Mar 59 leet inshensitinnincnatiennenstiuss Gg ne
ee 7 : - a -- ‘ ; - SP1 NO.
FVALUATION
acy tive
NAME OF DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION On (Date)
pre eports, ete., as applicable)
REFENENCES (BAIR Subject,
———--- 2. eee oe oe - —
-_ ~———— -e-— --- - ee e+ a ee
>: title. Use individual reports for seoarate subjects) ~~~ ~~
-
“SuBJECT (Descr: ptiyv
. hot 3 .
Unidentified Plyine Object
ome ee es es te
SUMMARY (Give suomary which highlights the salient factors of natrative report. Hlegia narralive text on AF Fora ll2e
unless report can be fully stated on AF Form 112. List inclosures, including number of copies)
Unidentified object, large croenish clo, no noise, anoroximately 1/10 s3
oP moon, observed traveling at anvroximately 170° from a paint at annroxinately
30 50KF INE at 00307 8 Mar 59 by i'r
Dubjiin, Ohio
Ul@Oe
Ne Yeseription of the Ohbiact.
le Pound
2, 1/10 size of moon
3. Graenish white
4. One
5. n/n
6. Glow only
7. None observed
S. Vo sound
9. n/a
b. Des scription of Course of Object.
1. Briehtness am Rorenent
2 ra cimately 5° off vertical to vest of voint of observation
3. Disannerred at herison
4. Direction from point of observetion to noint of disannearanee. annrore
imate heating 170 derrons Pie
5. Disanpeared at horizon
6. Ap-roximately 4, seconds
Cc, Manner of obs orvation,.
1, Grounmt-visual
Nos
3. Not aprlicable
Se Sime and date of sichtine.
1, 00302 8 Mar 59 |
&
39 miro ry:
Vee J
— ewa-—— = —
—_— -—-<-
- ore Se eo
DISTRIBUTION BY OR 13 INATOR (Except USAF and file. Indicate Dip! M/ozr and copies w/o inc losuces. if appl icable)
— -_- os er ee ee —_—_—- —— —— - = — — _— — ca
— este —— - —_ —
WARNIKkG: This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the moaning of the
Espionage Lawa, Title 18, U.S.C.. Section 793 and 794. [ta transmiasion or the revelation of ita contents in any ranner to
an unauthorized person is orchibited by Iae.
v . :
AF oa Sit 112 rercaces ar rorm iz. 1 OCT 52. WHIGH MAY BE USED
° US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Ta BLE475
o
, 7/ oon. ——~. + ae we 2m + eee ee
7 Ooo ee CLASS IF icaTion
—— 2. eee ee
-_
FRAME 004 / 004tesseract-200dpi
: :
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS DATE OF INFORMATION
Vv iTY. _ sd FE OF COLLECTION —
ACTIVITY SUAMITTING REPORT FC f SRI STATUS (IF applicable )
SRI NO.
——— — : we - __ CANCELED /COMPLETE
PREPARING INDIVIDUAL DATE OF REPORT a
SPI NO.
CANCELCO/ INCOMPLETE
i és —_ oo SRI NO,
NAME OR DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE EVALUATION
ACTIVE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (Date)
ee Be ew + ee -- @ ow - oe eo
REFERENCES (BAIR ‘Subject, previous reports, etc., as opp cable)
Sug ject (Descrintive title. Use individual reports Tor séparate subjects) ~
SUMMARY (Give suowery which highlights the anliont factors of narrative report. Begin narrative text on AF Form Ji2e
unless report can be fully atated on AF Form 112. List inclosurea, including number of copies)
f. =a wel is, Information on Observer.
Aca.) /
Oceunation =- Public Accountant
rolinbility = Good,
2 or
.
place of sirchtinr.
Dublin Ohio. Estima
fe. Weather * dads aloft coniition at time
1. Clear visibility 15/4
2ON0! West 15 knots
5000* | Vest 20 knots
10,000! Yest North West £0 knots
18,000! West North West 50 knots
25,900' West 50 } cnots
-L
ev
f.
35,000! Vest South | Vest 65 knots
50,000! West South West 65 knots
69 ,N0N"lest South West 25 knots
h. None observed.
i. None.
53. Un'mown
ke Cboservor stated that an-earance was not unlike that of satellite
*SPUTINIK® observed last summer, but much larrcer and brirhter. There is
S
no indication of any cause of sighting other than observors statement.
1. None.
nematic ‘WORE
—_-_-“_—_—__-—_—
DISTRIBUTION BY OR 1G INATOR (Except USAF and file. Indicate Dupl M/oz and copies #/o inc losures, if appl icable)
—_— ee ee a ee ew oe —- _ _ - ”_ _
WARNING: This docugeat contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the
Eapionege Laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Section 793 and 794. Ita transmission or the revelation of its contents in any minner to
an unauthorized peraon is prohibited by law,
AF FORM 112 REPLACES AF FORM 112. 41 QOT 52. WHICH MAY PE USED
15 SEP $4
US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 194 9 — 315475
7
CLASS IFICATION