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Bright object observed over Sunbury, Ohio near Blue Book headquarters (1951)

Name: Bright object observed over Sunbury, Ohio near Blue Book headquarters (1951)
Start: 1951-12-07
Location: Sunbury, Ohio

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Sunbury, Ohio·December 7, 1951·Project Blue Book

40.2426°N, 82.8591°W

Project Blue Book Case #1023. On December 7, 1951, a bright object was observed over Sunbury, Ohio — a community just 40 miles north of Columbus and within easy commuting distance of Wright-Patterson AFB. Another unknown in Blue Book's own backyard, on Pearl Harbor Day no less. The case was classified "Unknown."

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