3 Mi W of Cleveland, OhioFebruary 1958

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Summary

On February 28, 1958, at 4:03 p.m., a witness three miles west of Cleveland, Ohio reported seeing a brilliant orange flaming object. When first sighted, the object separated into five sections. The object was extremely low and traveled at slow speed. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds. Military and civilian sources observed the event. The description suggested a balloon based on many similar reports previously analyzed. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon.

Reported location

3 Mi W of Cleveland, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 Feb 58

2. LOCATION
3 Mi W of Cleveland, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME ORCUP
Local
GMT 24/0203Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
Military & Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1 separating into 5

9. COURSE
E to W

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[X] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Brilliant orange flaming obj. One when first sighted, separating into 5 sections. Obj was extremely low & traveled at slow speed.

11. COMMENTS
Description suggests a bolide, based on many similar rpts previously analyzed.

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