Dayton, OhioApril 1960

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Summary

On April 18, 1960, someone in Dayton, Ohio saw a bright white light in the sky that gave off two red balls before coming to a sudden stop. The light then dimmed and disappeared. The entire sighting lasted only about five seconds.

At the same time, someone at Cox Municipal Airport in the area also reported seeing a greenish light that lasted three to five seconds. The two sightings happened simultaneously, though the witnesses were in different locations.

The Air Force investigated both reports but found no explanation for what was seen. Based on the description, the investigators concluded the object was probably a meteor, though the file does not indicate complete certainty about this conclusion.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, comprising 10 pages of documents.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10673 RECORD CARD .
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

: Lyd | 5 J : O Wes Balloon

| 18 April, 1960 Dayton, uhio 8 roberts Suileon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ny Se.

pe ¥ O Was Aireraft

| Local . eremeremes = © Ground-Visuel 53 Grouns-Reter QO Probably Aircraft

; OMT Ee [2237 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar |@ Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS Jou gq Was Astronomical Meteor

Q Yes ! Probably Astronomical
F- B'Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD CT fiiinibaiitims asa ER

1 QO Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
fo Five seconds Cne | West 0 Unknown |

i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING V1. COMMENTS | |

jo Bright, white light which gave off two Cox Municipal Airport was contacted

i red balls. Came to a short sudden stop. and they saw a greenish light of 3-5

Ed Dimmned before disappearance. seconds duration at the same time. No

: explanation for it. From this descriptijon
no : the object is assumed to be a meteor.

BF ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BRP 82)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986659