Bellefontaine AFB, OhioNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 10, 1957, a military observer near Bellefontaine Air Force Base, Ohio reported one round bright white light the size of a dime. The sighting lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The object was seen descending in the west.

The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical and identified it as Venus. The record said the description, duration, and flight path pointed to Venus. There was no detailed report in the file. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Bellefontaine AFB, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
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: 0 Wos Balloon
10 November 1957 Bellefontaine AFB, Ohio 8 Probably Balloon
da aa aR eS el 0) Poy bly Balloon ‘
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
PIPE. WL A 0 Was Aircraft
Loecel ge —— LAH: Bround- Visual D Ground-Raudar QO Probably Aireroft
a [Ea BN] > * H
GMT_- 0/2345Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE BA Was Astronomical Yous
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
ef No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3S5ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TNE Rn Th OR Po
OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Cr \ = s a E OC Unknown
: 1 hr & 15 minutes one descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round bright white light the size |Desq¢ription, duration, flight path
of a dime, Object was seen descending Indicate that this sighting was
in the west for 1 hour 15 minutes. Yenus,
: No report in files,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 5:
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974504