Columbus, OhioFebruary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of February 26, 1954, an object was reported near Columbus, Ohio. The witnesses were civilians, and the sighting was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object appeared to be stationary and closely resembled a star in size and color. Shortly after it was first seen, it appeared to rise straight up slowly for some distance, then move off rapidly in another direction. Witnesses included two young boys, and a neighbor was called to look at it.

The Air Force concluded the object was a star, with its apparent motion attributed to passing clouds. The planet Jupiter was in the position of the sighting.

Reported location

Columbus, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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. PETA ft inn |
gE ee PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Was Ball |
26 Feb S54 Colummua, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. TYSE of OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon |
Raagd NS AX Gvound- Visual O Ground-Radar L-] Proboble Alveroft
CP — £3 Ain Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |
. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
O Yes tis - Ate 14 RO — |
X28 Ne ci an ossibly Astronemic |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TH RRR |
5 « 7 minutes one Manuvered o ce ud Data for Evaluation |
nknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING HA 11. COMMENTS
Description fits plane, appeared still, then |1. Acft approaching tends to stand
moved nearer and descended to 500 ft going still.
away. 2. Rapld descent and added speed.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) dies
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957638