Van Wert, Ohio, April 1958
- Date of account
- 1958-04
- Location
- Van Wert, 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE. 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 18 Apr 58 Van Wert,Ohio 口 Was Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Probably Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local X Ground-Visual 19/0035Z Ground-Rador 口 WasAircraft GMT. Air-Visuol 口 ProboblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 6.SOURCE Yes 口 Was Astronomical 0No Probcbiy Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 Possibiy Astronomical 8.NUMBEROF O3JECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 7mins 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation one stationary 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING Bright silvery obj observed in sane 11.COMMENTS position for a period of seven mins Nothing on radar in the area.Since when it was obscured by clouds. obj was stationary & the condi- Position was North of Northwest at tion was overcast v/haze the sigt a 45 degree elevation. Sky was over- ing is attributed to the star cast. Capella. C
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