Burgoon, OhioDecember 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the evening of December 19, 1959, two girls walking in the country near Burgoon, Ohio, saw an object at about 5:15 p.m. as the sun was setting in freezing weather. The witnesses were civilians.

In the northwest they first saw what they thought was a jet leaving a vapor trail. The object then came straight down and the trail seemed to disappear. As it descended it took the shape of a ball, then a saucer that appeared to be spinning while tilted. The object stopped and hovered. When a plane flew in front of it, the object got smaller, seemed to rotate in the same direction as the plane, and then disappeared. The object was brighter than the aircraft, and there was no color and no sound.

The Air Force requested more information through a questionnaire, but it was not returned. Saying no conclusion could be reached on the data presented, the record card lists the case as insufficient data. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Burgoon, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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: i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE OE NGLDSIONS
3 Was Balloon
: ) 19 Dec 5 Burgoon, Ohio 00 Probably Balloon
el BER Glee 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIWE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
bool ooo | 0 Gowd Viel OGoundRedor DN Avet
CUT 19/22152 ll o AieVieisl 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOYCS Eh RET 4. SOURCE i AER Sa 0 Yas Astronomical
i O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
* No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUNBERIOF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Others. ‘i ob
: iw] {asptiieiant Data for Evaluation
w] nknown
not stated one varied :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Observation while sun was setting in freezing| &dditional info requested & not Tia
: weather. In the NW an obj appeared which was | by this organization. No conclusion cal
believed to be a Jet w/vapor trail. It came «. be reached on the data presented & the
down & then the trail disappeared. At this case is listed as insufficient data.
4 time the obj took the shape of a ball & pro-
! ceeding furher the shape of a saucer. Obj the:
F stcpped & hovered. Plans flew in front of the
3 ob) & the saucergot smaller & seemed to rotat
: in the same direction as the plane & disappeayed
; ObJ brighter than the a/c which passed in from:
of it. No eclor, no sound.
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