Bowling Green, OhioNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 7, 1957, an Air Force cadet driving east of Bowling Green, Ohio, reported objects in the sky around 6:00 p.m. He was driving on a highway when he saw a brilliant red flashing object that was moving. He stopped his car to watch and even got several people from a roadside station to come look.

The object was round and about the size of a pea. It gave off the most brilliant red light he had ever seen. The light pulsed like a lightning bug, starting dim and then glowing brighter, with no set time between flashes. It made no sound and showed no tail, trail, or exhaust. It had no definite flight pattern. The cadet watched the first object for about three to four minutes. He then saw similar objects again twice more the same evening while continuing his drive, including some that moved up and down and around near a turnpike plaza.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded that the description, maneuvers, and characteristics matched hundreds of similar reports of balloons observed near dawn or dusk.

Reported location

Bowling Green, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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he PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| BC Probobly Bell
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7 November 195567 Bowlin reen hig D Possibly Belloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
RBI ichiimiimiiniaanininanin LxGround- Visuvel O Ground-Rador 5 PRATy vores
GMT 07/230027 O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHMOTOS . DO Was Astronomicel
O Yes O Probably Astronomicel
BN Militar O Possibly Astronomical
A 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 OMY fo
Ny O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
: . ; HAH O Unknown
4 minutes one not definite
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Brilliant red flashing object that Specific description, maneuvers,
was moving, round and about the size characteristics of hundreds of
of a pea, Light pulsated similar to similar reports of balloons obser
that of a lightning bug. No definite ved near dawn or dusk.
time between flashes, No definite
flight pattern. No sound, tail or exaugt.
Same type obj observed hy same person
two more times the same evening,
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