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Westlake, Ohio, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Westlake, Ohio
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 口 Was Balloon 2 August 1954 Westlake, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 1717 Ground-Radar 口 Was Aiicraft D Ground-Visual 02/2217Z 口 Probably Aireraft GMT. D AirVisual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibiy Aircraft 5..PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yes 口 Probobly Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomical Ciy (For.Mil) 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION UNIDENTIFIED 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 20 Seccnds 1 Unknown Fall 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Object size we.s 50 seconds of arc,elliptical UNIDENTIFIED Bright clear appearance hovered at 5000 for seconds and disappeared by fading. Estimated distance 6 mi, dropped like free fall. AT1C FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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