Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Canton, Ohio, 17 July 1955
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1955 sighting report from Canton, Ohio, describes a stationary, white, dome-shaped object that ascended vertically when approached by a civilian aircraft. The Air Technical Intelligence Center officially evaluated the incident as a possible balloon.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated teletype message regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting that occurred on July 17, 1955, in Canton, Ohio. The report details a sighting by a private citizen who observed a single, large, white object with a round dome on both the top and bottom. The object was described as being at a low altitude and stationary. According to the report, the object remained in place for approximately 10 minutes until it was approached by a civilian aircraft, at which time it moved straight up and disappeared into the overcast sky. The witness reported that the object made no sound. The military investigation, conducted by the 662nd ACWRON at Brookfield Air Force Station, Ohio, and prepared by Captain Roy W. Anderson, noted the weather conditions as overcast with specific wind data at various altitudes. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), was that the object was a 'Possible Balloon.' The document includes administrative routing information, indicating it was sent to the Aerospace Studies Institute at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, for archival purposes.
Gray, round dome on top and bottom which were white in color, no sound, obj was low and stationary until approached by civilian a/c, then obj went straight up and disappeared.
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Official Assessment
Evaluated as Possible Balloon.
The object was observed for 10 minutes by a private citizen. It was described as a large, white, round-domed object that remained stationary until approached by a civilian aircraft, at which point it ascended vertically and disappeared into the overcast.
Key Persons
- Roy W AndersonOperations and Intelligence Officer