Dayton, OhioDecember 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 4, 1958, at about 11:30 p.m., a civilian woman in Dayton, Ohio, reported flashes of light and an object. It was raining at the time. She and her husband were in bed when she first saw a flash through a west window.

There were four flashes, each with a muffled retort or noise about ten to fifteen seconds apart. The flashes were orange-yellow with pink at the edges. After the fourth flash, she saw an orange sphere about the size of a grapefruit to the west, above the trees and houses but low in the sky. It glowed orange between the flashes and grew brighter during them. After the last flash it glowed for three or four seconds, then went out like a light bulb.

The witness checked with the power company the next morning and found no electrical problems in the area. The local base was not testing night photography. The Air Force noted the description was typical of lightning but said the witness should be familiar with that. The case was evaluated as insufficient data.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

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| ase te DUCT Le ame RAR NER DEAN THE TR MO IER A ANAS FTIR ery TR EE FE A
/ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
6 7 A 0. Was Balloon
4 December 1958 Dayton, Ohio i DO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMEZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
i 0 Wos Aircroft
Local —_— - t1:Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircroft
emt. 05/04307 an 0 Air Visual O Air-ntercopt Radar |B Possioly Aircroft
5s. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OQ Xes 0 Probably Astronomical
mA Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY BIR asl Sa
BX Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
3 : 0 Unknown
eee 0 one a Ret
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ”
Fiash of light accompanied by 2 muffle: Description is typical of
retort, An orange sphere, size of lightening; however, witness
grapefralt to the west. Object was should be familiar with this
above trees and houses, but not high. phenomena, Case evaluated as
insufficient data,
ae SL ER rr ETN
J ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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