Chesterland, OhioJune 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 21, 1959, in Chesterland, Ohio, a witness reported seeing two white lights in the sky forming a tail. The object had no sound. It was flying in a bed looking out a window, moving north at 40 degrees horizontal, then north at 10 degrees. The object moved east to west at a small downward angle and disappeared past a window frame. The sighting appeared faster than a DC-6 aircraft, with heavy fog and practically no wind present. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Chesterland, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 21 June 59

2. LOCATION: Chesterland, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] GMT [illegible]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. SOURCE: Military

6. [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 2

9. COURSE: East to West

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two very bright white lights, size of a nickel, traveling in trail formation. No sound. Obj's were easing downward in flight.

11. COMMENTS: [illegible text - data not sufficient for analysis. On station in undated date.]

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983565