Cincinnati, OhioOctober 1959

In October 1959, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, reported seeing an unidentified flying object. The witness described the object as cigar-shaped with fuzzy or blurred edges, measuring roughly 150 degrees in length from their vantage point. The sighting occurred in daylight, and the object appeared to move in an easterly direction across the sky.

The Air Force's initial evaluation form noted the possibility of a balloon, though this conclusion remained tentative. A formal questionnaire was sent to the witness to gather more detailed information about the sighting, which the witness completed. The Air Force requested additional specifics that were not initially provided, and the case was forwarded to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for further analysis and evaluation.

The OCR quality of many pages in this file is poor, making it difficult to extract precise details about the witness's observations, the duration of the sighting, or the specific time it occurred. The file contains handwritten notes and sketches that are largely illegible in the scan. Based on the available legible portions, the Air Force classified the sighting as "unknown" in its final evaluation, though the exact reasoning behind this conclusion is not clearly stated in the readable sections of the case file.

This case file, consisting of 18 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.