Akron, Ohio, August 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-08
- Location
- Akron, Ohio
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 7Aug55 Akron,Ohio 口 Probobly Balloon 只 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aireraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft 08/0105Z AinVisual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 3.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYs 口 Probably Astronomical X贝No civilian (GOC) 口 Possibiy Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknowm ten mins one southerly 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Sighting took place at dusk,accounting One pink obj, shaped like a streak,seen head- for color. Winds in a southerly direc- ing south,observed for ten minutes.Disappearqd tion at estimated alt of obj.Abve in upward direction, assumed alt at 15,oo0 ft. seems to substantiate possibility of balloon sighting. ATIC FORM 3
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