Batavio, OhioOctober 1956

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Summary

On October 14, 1956, at about 6:45 p.m. local time, a civilian near Batavia, Ohio reported an object that was assumed to be a jet making a vapor trail. The object was reddish orange and was watched for more than one minute as it moved on a northerly course. The witness said the trail did not get longer and that the object turned at a right angle upward.

The Air Force noted that trail condensation depends on conditions in the air, that the trail length and the apparent turn can vary with viewing angle. The Air Force concluded the sighting was an aircraft.

Reported location

Batavio, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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‘3 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
¢ : ALR : > d 0 Wos Balloon §
14 October 1906 Batavio, Ghio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellen
1845 BRS § ’ tt 2 Was Aircraft
Local . tF Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador O° Probably Aireroft
out. 14/23482 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercapt Radar D Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
X05 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IE in |
a] ng Data for Eveluation
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more than 1 minute one north — :
12. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : hE
Object assumed to be a jet making a Trail condensation and dissipatiol
vapor trail observed for more than depends upon the conditions in
one minute, Reddish orange, Trail the air, Under certain condition}
didn't get longer, Object turned at the dissipation is rapid and if
right angle up. so the trail would tend to remain
~~ hhe same length, Also the turn inpi-
cated to the witness depends upon
the angle that the a/z was moving),
the direction of the turn and the
dissance from the obsrvr, Nothing
in rpt to conflict w/a/c analysid].
ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52)
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