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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  19 March 1953 | Red Lion, Ohio  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Bazooka Shell  |
|  4. NUMBER OF DEADERS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  One | Report of object found on ground  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  N/A |   |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground-Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  On Ground |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |
|  ☑ Yes ☐ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |   |
|  ☑ Yes ☐ No |   |

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

UNCLASSIFIED

OPERATIONS REPORT - 16-21 March 1953

From the 16th to the 20th of March, the following items of importance happened in Project Blue Book's operations:

1. On 20 March, Capt E. J. Ruppelt, the Project Monitor for the past two years, left ATIC for temporary duty at the Officers Air Intelligence School, Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado, for three months TDY and upon return will be assigned to the Guided Missiles Section.

2. The number of reports of unidentified aerial objects received during this period totaled 10 and among these probably the most important was one on 3 March from Luke…

|  DATE | LOCATION | OBSERVER | EVALUATION  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  20 | Old Baldy & Pork Chop Hill, Korea | Ground RADAR | Insufficient Data  |
|   |  | Ground Visual (MILITARY) |   |
|  20 | Anchorage, Alaska | Civilian RR Employee | Astro (JUPITER)  |
|  21 | Elmira, New York | 4 GOC Observers | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  23 | Casper, Wyoming |  | Balloon  |
|  23 | Casper, Wyoming |  | A/C  |
|  23 | Pasadena, Texas | Gd Visual and RADAR | Balloon  |
|  23 | Bay City, Michigan |  | Astro (METEOR)  |
|  24 | Kent, England |  | Insufficient Data  |
|  24-26 | Gambill, St Lawrence, Alaska | Tw…