Dayton, OhioApril 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

In April 1958, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a silvery, circular object in the sky. The object was small, about the size of a pinhead when viewed from a distance, and remained stationary throughout the observation period of about ten minutes.

The Air Force investigated the sighting by checking with a local weather station. Officials discovered that a weather balloon had been released at 1827 (6:27 p.m.) on the date of the sighting. Based on wind direction and velocity data, the Air Force determined that the balloon's trajectory would have carried it directly over the spot where the observer saw the object. The case file notes indicate that this information supported a balloon identification.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a balloon. The case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 10 pages.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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| 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

f | 5 | A del fem Was Balloon

it EA TYE ey avioon Ohio 0 Probably Balloon

3 SCE SR Ts re nel Se ne HE Powsibly Balloon

4 3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF UBSERYATION | ERR

E y 1250 er ana RE dale 0 Was Aircraft :

1 Epo Rats Behm] HL ROA WSR esi ea {I Ground: Visual 0 Cround-Radar la Probably. Mreratt

9 ay y : hE ON

| GMT AR AAR 0 AirVicual 0 Air-lntercept Radar & Possibly Aircraft

] 5. PHOTOS 3 | 8. SOURCE {30 Was Astronomical

: 0 Yes | I Probably Astronomical

| Oo EE eRyslian | 3 Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF CBJECTS 9. COURSE | es Jel of 131 | rime bea itr hE rp Sr Ls esi
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

g C Unknown
10 mins one stationary
j 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Silvery colored obj, stationary circu-| A check w/weather station esta-
dlar size of head of pin, ylidhed a balloon was released
i at 1827 on date of sighting. The
i wind direction & velocity would
; carry the balloon to the spot
sighted by the observer,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977873