Columbus, OhioAugust 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 9, 1959, near Columbus, Ohio, a man reported an object in the sky. The witness was a civilian. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The observer described one red object about the size of a small plane, seen to the west and moving farther west. There was no sound. A flame appeared at one end of the object and tapered to a V shape. The object was climbing and was lost in clouds. The man watched it for about 30 seconds and called his wife, and both watched for another 20 to 30 seconds.

The Air Force requested more information but received no reply to its messages. The record card listed the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Columbus, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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. A : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD  °
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 : a hry 0 Wos Balloon
3 9 fugust 59 Columbus, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
E — ee | [] Possibly Balloon
g 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i ; RY J O Was Aircraft
i yy. | Becht Ys SR SAME RE 8 :Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
i oMT__10 /02557, 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
6 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 O.No : Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
LL 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE £7 Ot Re pzecism iin onloriingeh oe S100 Joy
b: +8: Insufficient Data for Evaluation] |
f Sie O Unknown
a 1 min It West |
9 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
iy Cne red obj the size of a small plane. Additicnal info requested. No reply) |
1 .} Observed to the West moving further West. to messages. Case listed as insuffidient!
A Ilo sound. Flame appeared at one end of the data.
4 obj & flame tapered to a "V! Obj was climb-
i ing & was lost in clouds. Man observed for
¢ 30 secs & called wife. Both watched for an
i additional 20-30 secs.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984090