Cincinnati, OhioNovember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On a November afternoon in 1954, a Cincinnati resident saw grayish-white objects moving rapidly across the sky. The witness observed them for about 15 minutes while standing outdoors. The objects moved in a coordinated pattern, darting under and over each other. According to the witness, they flew considerably faster than a jet aircraft.

In the formal report, the Air Force noted that the objects' behavior resembled a possible flight of birds. The witness sketched the objects and described their erratic, coordinated movements across the sky. However, the OCR text of the detailed questionnaire response is too garbled to extract clear specifics about the exact direction the objects traveled, their estimated distance from the witness, or the precise time of the sighting beyond the date.

The Air Force's evaluation form lists the case as "unidentified" in its official conclusion. The file contains both the initial report card and a detailed witness questionnaire, though much of the handwritten narrative and technical details are difficult to read in the scanned document. The full case file, comprising 10 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 10

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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: 1. DATE i LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
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4 All ERTL EE ress BAR ee Oh |G Was Balloon :
1 2b November 195% Cincinnati s UNLO Oo Probably Balioon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
] 18200 Vi ; 0 Wos Aircrofr
1 Local CP Cian £2 Ground-Visuol O Ground-Rader a Probably Airerof?
3 GMT__24/22007 0 Air- Visual D Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
a 3. PHOTOS &. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E & Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 77. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 13, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE & Other_50s3 Bixds
E 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 15 minutes 6 NeW~N Id
o PEATE A hh DRESSER BRS annem | Y yar + | ~~ (et
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
gy Groyish white, object szeméd to be playing. Possible flt of birds,
/ They were darting under and cver each other,
: Considerably faster than a jet.
a ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960435