DATETIME OAOUP LENOTH 011 OBSERVATION 10. IRI!II SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 17 ~li E Columbus, Ohio ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-VIaual 'C:ICA i,. Vh-.. al 0 GroundRadar 0 Alrlntercept Radar Civilian (TWA pilot) 8. NUMB!A Of' OBJECTS 9. COURSE one N to SSW 11. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Po ssi bl y Balloon Wos Aircraft a Probatlly Aircraft 0 Po aal W y AIrcraft 0 Wos Aatronomical 0 Probobl y Aatranomicol Pouibly Aatra"omlcol . ._. Insufficient Oota for Evol-..atlon 0 Unlcnown One strange object traveling from N to SSW at 4000 ft altitude. The object looked like a blue ball with a dark blue steak trailing. Object appeared larger than an a/c. Report received 13 JuJy by TWX of sighting on 1 July. Probable meteor; however, duration not reported. Insufficient data. A't'IC FORM 3 29 (REV 2 6 SEP 52) . tR RJE!">UP -.-=~ co:~-~, 14 7Bj'H FLT st:R sQDN t~PAFB,OHIO ,b RJEDENCTDR AIR DEF::!,iSt: C071MAND !:NT AFB,COL. . { JE:?HQ/CnlEF OF STAF.f .~!TED STATES ARI FORCE_ ~JASH.25,D.C. vJPAFE, C }-; I O FOLLOlvi NG REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROH It-:DIANAPOLIS AP.TC A STRA!JGS 03JECT ~U.S SIGHTED APPROXH1ATELY .:;~v:~;T:S:SI: r1ILES EAST OF COLU:1BUS OHIC AT 01"917Z TRAVELHJG FTI0:1 ZSTl!'!AT:~D ALTITUD::: OF FCUR T! ICUSAt:D OBJECT L001<ZD L:;z;. /.. 3LU!: BALL v1ITH A DARK BLUE STREAK T~;..ILING. OEJt:CT APPEARED L.~RG~R THAN AN AIRCRAFT. Ti:~ AEJ'VE INFO~i1AT!Oi-J \!AS GIV!:I TO THE CO LU~1BUS TOHER BY THE ?ILCiT o ;: A TwA .-:IRC?.4:rr ..: .. ,L "i:.Y /\ !;Z:13ZF OF THE: COLUYBUS 1~1 0Z JUL RJ:DWP