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This NICAP-hosted file reproduces USAF Project Blue Book records on a radar and fighter intercept near Bellefontaine, Ohio, on 1 August 1952. Ground radar near Wright-Patterson AFB tracked an object moving at 400 knots. Two F-86s from the 97th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron were sent to intercept it and filmed a silver round object, but the gun camera film was too indistinct. The file includes a completed radar data sheet, a request from the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and a memo about releasing film frames to TRUE magazine. Early analyses ruled out a balloon, but a later conclusion identified the object as an upper air research balloon cluster.
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Source : Military At 15512 on 1 Aug 50 ground radar from Wright-Patterson AFB sighted an unknown object on its scope. Two F-86's from the 97th Fighter-In-Interceptor Squadron were vectored into the area and observed a silver round object. Airborne radar contact was not made but attempts were made to get gun camera shots. The object was above the climbing capability of the F-86's and appeared to be steadily gaining altitude when the fighters returned to base for fuel. 2. Bellfontaine, Ohio - 1 August 1952 The gun camera film showed a moving object which is too indistinct for further analysis. Solution: Was a balloon there were local balloon releases prior to the sighting.
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