Chilo, OhioNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 7, 1957, a witness at Chilo, Ohio, reported many objects in the sky. The witness was a civilian ground observer. The objects were in sight for about 47 minutes and were swooping around the area heading west.

The witness reported 51 small, bright white objects.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the description, duration, and flight path indicated the sighting was probably caused by birds. Officers also questioned how anyone could count 51 objects and considered it an unreliable report. No full report was on file.

Reported location

Chilo, 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 :
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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© November 1997 ~|[Chilo, Ohio 0 inte 4 gelioen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION oT |
O Wes Aircraft
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GM C7/0U25 0 Ain Visvel O Air-Intercopt Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
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S$. PHOTC : ou O Was Astronomicol
Q Yes : O Probably Astronomical |
x8 Ne Civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BXOher Lui CllaDIO OL
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
BS FERC REN 7 : DO Unknown
{ming & still in signt ol swooping
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Fifty one small brignt white objects Description, duration, fli ht pcch
swoopliaug around general area heading indicate that this sighting was
W28te ODjoCLs wera still insight afcerjprovably caused by birds; howevey,
47 minutes, how anyone could deoeterwminz that
tnac there were 51 ovjects whila |
course was desctibed as 3wooping:
$8 indicative of an unrzlianle cpt
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SAB report in tile,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973766