Dayton, OhioDecember 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 1, 1953, a witness in Dayton, Ohio, reported a light in the night sky. The source was a civilian.

The witness saw a flashing light with no sound that stayed in view for about 15 minutes. The card notes that the planets Jupiter, Venus, and Mars were all below the horizon at the time.

In Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports, this case was marked as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

OH / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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\. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |
1 Dec 01302 Dayton, Ohio |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION :
ivilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION :
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Jupiter 5h30 below horizon. Venus 15h23 and Mars 13h08 below
two horizon.
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 mins’ Flashing: light, no sound, remaining in view for some time.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION aN
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ground visual £ 2 Er 3 — JN
7. COURSE gH : 4 2
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8. PHOTOS 8 To: By Bs 2 d .
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 8 B Q 5.73
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0 Yes >
QO Ne A
FORM : CRE RNAI
FTD ser 63 0-329 (TDE) previous otitions of this form may be weed.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957006