Coldwater, OhioApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 29, 1952, near Coldwater, Ohio, a civilian and three other people reported an unidentified object. The sighting happened at 1940 (7:40 p.m.). The witness called the Air Technical Intelligence Center the next morning to report it.

The object was first seen directly overhead. It then drifted to the northeast and faded into the distance, disappearing at about a 20 degree elevation above the horizon. It appeared disk shaped, as if standing on edge, and was the color of cherry red hot iron. It looked about one eighth the size of a full moon.

The witness thought the object drifted faster than a balloon could. The file notes that the object had qualities of a balloon except for its size, and that weather balloons had been launched in the area earlier in the day. Officials suggested it could have been a pibal balloon, which are difficult to track. The record card lists the conclusion as Probably Aircraft.

Reported location

Coldwater, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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| Sr ( PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| i. DATE ( Ir LOCATION ( : 12. CONCLUSIONS : |
59 ; ater. Ohio 0 Wos Balloon .
Bh. A _-— | SRS » + Probebly Balloon
o eiioUe 48%" - ~ ~ Ot IDE oR UII EID Seats die Sl Sims ail cies PT IPN |" >
3 DATE-TIvE GROUP I'4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i” PeLsiNy Duitoon
: ROUT iis anit: sabes: Br TEEN YX Ground: Visua! 0) Ground-Raodar 0 Wes Aircroft :
‘ = J 18 Probubly Aircraft
My. JO joohew- tO Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Rodar |D Possibly Aircrait
EE. FC TEE ae a Yeo Auhonomtest
§ C Yes civilians 0 Probably Astronomical
‘ % No E Possibly Astronomicol
5 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION “le. FO TTYC FE WER CEES (Sa
0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
A | 1 0 Unknown
Hy EERE CRETE ERIE Su EERIE ORI n ENT ORS IS
~ |o. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS o :
8 Cherry red - "Hot iron" color. First seon directly overhead.
| circular. "Drifted but faster than balloon" Disappeared at 30 degrees 1/8 size of 1
None-Pyssibly balloon except for size. moon.
Last scheduled launch was 2100 or 3 hours
| 40 minutes before sighting. ; :
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: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52) : : X :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941690