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Lake Erie, July 1954

Date of account
1954-07
Location
Lake Erie
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 25July1954 Lake Erie 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Bailoon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1912 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 26/0012Z AirVisual Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yas 口 Probably Astronomical KNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Otho, UNIDENTIFIED 口 InsufficiontData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Cylindrical, 20; long and 20" diameter. Investigation proved. negative. Object was traveling at high rate of speed on water at Lake Brie. Object was black. Observed 3C0 ft in front of his boat. Made arc and passed 50 ft sterm of boat. AT1C FORM 329(REV 269EP S2)

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