Cheshire, OhioMarch 1959

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Summary

On March 15, 1959, near Cheshire, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing strange lights at night. The account was submitted on a tape recording.

The witness was walking across a hill in the rain. After the rain stopped, he saw a strange light about 50 feet over a house, then another low object over the road that took off fast and then stopped. Frightened, he ran to a friend's house, but the object was gone by the time the friend came out. Walking home, he saw a luminous, oblong object about five to ten feet off the ground with a cockpit-like top that seemed to rotate. It was white like the moon and shot several beams of light toward the ground, one striking his shoulder. There was no sound. The object left, slowed, then went out of sight.

A second man reported an object on March 16, 1959, while driving home. He noticed radio static and dimming car lights and saw the bottom of an object overhead. The Air Force said the information was not enough to reach any conclusion.

Reported location

Cheshire, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
: : 0 Was Balloon
15 Map 59 Cheshire, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i Pousiy Wwvesn
D365.21400 ® Vi ¥ O Was Aircraft
RO a ma RRR G“Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Redar OQ Probably Aircraft
CMT 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercapt Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
“0 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BDI hintaan
D. Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
" A O Unknown
5S mings one Het cdven .
10. BRIZP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Strange light, traveled at high rate of Information insufficient tc reach
| speed, then stopped. Luminous, oblong w/ any conclusion. :
coelpit arrangement on the top which seeued
to rotate, The color was white like the moon
ObJd shot several beams of light towed the
cround, To sound. :
ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 26 I2P $2)
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