Dayton, OhioAugust 1958

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In August 1958, a resident of Dayton, Ohio observed a yellow-white object about the size of a golf ball at 5:00 p.m. local time. The witness watched it for approximately two hours as it moved from northeast to southeast across the sky. The object appeared to be made of metal and at one point seemed to burst into flames and drop toward the earth at high speed.

The Air Force investigated the sighting by checking with the local weather station. Officials there reported that a lighted weather balloon had been released that day and had burst, descending by a red parachute. Based on this information, the Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a balloon.

The 10-page case file, including the witness questionnaire and technical summary sheets, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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: . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
GX Was Balloon i
u 195 Dayton hio O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bolloon |
Loeal 1700 —— +X Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor a Re ry A oft :
GMT 03 22002 0 Ain Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
BX¥o Civil ian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 Others
: O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown
2 hours one NE to SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS {ol
yedlow-white obj, size of golf ball, | A check with weather station |
appeared to be made of metal, seemed revealed that a lighted kalloon | |
to burst into flames & drop toward the had been released & had burst :
earth at a high speed, & dropped by a red parachute. |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979190