Cincinnati, OhioMarch 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On March 2, 1961, around 7:30 p.m. local time, witnesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, reported a white object that looked like a streak of light. It was seen for a few seconds and traveled due north.

The object moved on a horizontal path at about 30 degrees elevation and crossed a distance estimated at about 20 degrees of sky. No sound was heard. It resembled a rocket blast in shape and gave the impression of great length. It just seemed to fade out. A second witness, about 20 miles east of the first, placed the object directly overhead.

The Air Force card states the object has all the characteristics of a very bright meteor. It notes it is not unusual for a person's first experience with an outstanding meteor to lead to misidentification, and that there is no evidence the object was anything other than a very bright meteor.

Reported location

Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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O Wos Ball |
2 Mar 61 Cincinnati, Ohio 8 Probably Belleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION lB ph
A DI renin sii & Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar B Protas Riverely |
GMT 030030Z O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. ‘PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
rg O Yes B Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical .
| 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CI CY :
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5 ‘Bea 1 N 0 Unknown /
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING White objt as a streak |[11. COMMENTSObh jt of this sighting has all |
| of light. Traveling due N in horizontal path | characteristics of a very bright meteor
: situated at about 30° elevation. Traveled It is not unusual for a person's initial
distance represented by an estimated 20° experience with outstanding meteors to
angle. lio sound heard. Light resembled rocket| result in misidentification. There is n |
blask in shape, Impression of relatively evidenct in this case to indicate that dojt
great length. Just seemed to fade out. Anothe s anything other than a very bright
witness situated objt as directly overhead. |meteor.
Aprox 20 mi E of first witnessi position. ;
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991676