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Cold Open. This episode presents document number one nine five eight dash zero four dash six nine six six one three four, titled “Xenia, Ohio.” The record is a United States Air Force questionnaire filed in April nineteen fifty‑eight reporting an unidentified flying object. It is notable because it provides a contemporaneous civilian account of a sighting during the height of the Cold War UFO investigations. Provenance. The questionnaire was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The scanned text is available at the Black Vault URL https://archive.org/download/1958-04-6966134-Xenia-Ohio/1958-04-6966134-Xenia-Ohiodjvu.txt. The document was uploaded without a specific Freedom of Information Act case number; the declassification authority is listed as the United States Air Force, Project Blue Book, as part of its routine public release of historical records. The Document. The questionnaire reads as follows. “DAE = se 7, Je a ee = ——————S—E— i 7 a Pub be Fe aR Po et O‑, ~~. Hen = a a a Tos | pane eee ie OR 62 fh WAR 9 |, eee eee r a , Le he POE Og ces os No a nee gg EET | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2o Secs qne 2) Wee 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT ta a. @ = b i. % ? | on i | ] 1 - 1 ‘ leo a M BriSAt Light, cle: & brilliant, like Possi ‘ —e t c= f r a. ~ ee Pe 7 he it, Ver Laz a 4 Se movin 4 ¥ gurat rh J . = E cs 4 | = TP i = ‘ - 7 = ] : | ast across the sky. Disappeared before the 7 ~ 4 i ‘> = 1 1 a 1 = oF 4 = r] ! } { J 7 i’ Lhe rereRri 1 SON, i lea si ine uy i F ! 4 rie I oh My ; ls o pet ATIC FORM 329 (REY 24 SEP 52) erm es PROJECT Ty par SS a a a dee creer EEE) GEER. a ee ATION ”} Loc i Ground‑ ¥i sual CO} Gre ‘on — oe Snes “ | | TYPE OF CBSE! PY ATION QO Air Vi cual a NUMBER OF OBJECTS” i 10073 eal RECORD i » i i . # & re :

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Cold Open. ” The record is a United States Air Force questionnaire filed in April nineteen fifty‑eight reporting an unidentified flying object. It is notable because it provides a contemporaneous civilian account of a sighting during the height of the Cold War UFO investigations.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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Cold Open. This episode presents document number one nine five eight dash zero four dash six nine six six one three four, titled “Xenia, Ohio.” The record is a United States Air Force questionnaire filed in April nineteen fifty‑eight reporting an unidentified flying object. It is notable because it…

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What was Declassified Case File about?: Cold Open. ” The record is a United States Air Force questionnaire filed in April nineteen fifty‑eight reporting an unidentified flying object. It is notable because it provides a contemporaneous civilian account of a sighting during the height of the Cold War UFO investigations.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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