Akron, OhioFebruary 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On February 22, 1961, a civilian in Akron, Ohio reported seeing a sharply outlined silvery object pass close overhead during the daytime. The object came within 600 feet of the observer and remained visible for about 30 seconds. The witness described it as solid and about the size of an automobile, with no brightness greater than the stars, and reported hearing a sound like 1,000 jets.

Despite these specific details about distance and duration, the witness was unable to provide consistent information about the object's speed, shape, or motion. The Air Force noted this contradiction in its file: the object appeared small enough to compare to a car yet was bright enough to be visible in daylight, yet no brighter than stars. These conflicting descriptions made the sighting difficult to evaluate.

The Air Force investigators classified the case as "insufficient data for evaluation." They added that because this was a single-witness sighting with contradictory details, they carried it as unexplained, though they suggested the case could possibly be classified differently if more information became available. No further analysis or conclusion appears in the file regarding what the object might have been.

The full case file, comprising 8 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Akron, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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HR | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Belloon
| 22 Feb 61 Akron, Ohio O Probably Bolleon |
| 4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ty mm—
1 RR iii iii 2 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rodar a Say, fu rds
CL eo A a AirVisudl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE : DO Was Astronomicol
I a Yes D Probobly Astronomical
Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronemicel
Bl [5 Cine OP ORATION |& MusBRR OF OBJECTS | COUR {8 Over oe | |
E ; 8 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation |
| 30 Sec 1 | habbo |
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Sharply outlined silvery objt, solid Objt passed within 600' of observer |
with sound of 1,000 jets. No brighter than and in sight for 30 sc, yet could
stars, about the size of an auto passed not give speed, shape, motion etc. No
within 600 ft. of observer. Appeared to SE. brighter than stars yet size of auto,
: Case should be classes as other (Con- |
] ; flicting info, however since this is
3 a one witness sighting it is carried
i as insufficient data.
g ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991504