Dayton, OhioAugust 1962

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Summary

# Summary

The OCR quality of this file is severely degraded, particularly on pages 9 through 11, making it impossible to reconstruct the witness narrative or the Air Force's analysis with confidence. The cover sheet indicates a sighting in Dayton, Ohio in August 1962 of a white light without a vapor trail, described as resembling the brightness of the star Sirius. The object appeared solid, moved in a straight, steady course with a curve at the end, and exhibited flight characteristics consistent with an aircraft at altitude. The Air Force's evaluation appears to have concluded that the sighting was consistent with aircraft behavior, but the handwritten technical summary section is too illegible to confirm details, witness statements, or final conclusions. The file comprises 11 pages as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 11

Transcribed text

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/ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i |
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
: : an 1 Was Balloon
Lodagust 1902 Dayton, Ohio 0 Probably Sa leon
BE ————— ERR = .
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i large: Badal
ee Vi 0 Grounds | 3. Was Aircroft
sigh ty KR B Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar GO Probably Aircraft
0 7h nrbad Sad ietrac) 0 0 Air-VYisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
C Yes | 0 Probably Astronomical
\ 2 No i iviliar 0 Possibly Astronomical -
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION : "18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Over... AAI
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 0 Unknown
Oo mins one NE
iQ. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White 13ght without vapor trail Echo 1 over Dayton 1 Aag at 0043Z
¢ 8 iti at 4 a ME eT Sa a g/ Yim 3g Na of a i pe ot SpA XE (5 ye 3 aa I PY
HS, vole 1a e nO «alibi 5X ALS W/Z Aull n- 4 48 0 pt Wd RO BP 6 i y PN RARE ek FER CQRRSAS
ygity of Sirius, Appeared as light observation moving NE, Sighting
ynly; however, gave impression of his characteristics of a/c at alt.
being solid, Flight straight & steady/Duration & maneuvers are consis-
w/curve at end of flight. Looked likg tent w/this analysis,
eho until At turned.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Places

Dayton, OH Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-08-01