Dayton, OhioFebruary 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 20, 1960, a resident of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a very bright pinkish white object in the sky. The object was about the size of a basketball and disappeared behind clouds. The sighting lasted approximately 10 seconds, and the witness observed the object moving from north to south.

The Air Force investigator who reviewed the case noted that it was a single-witness sighting and that the color and brief duration of the observation suggested a meteor. The file indicates there was insufficient information for a complete evaluation, though the official conclusion recorded on the case card was "Probably Balloon."

The full case file, consisting of 9 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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| 8 ETT. © PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i 20 February, 1960 Dayton, Uhig 0 Was Balloon

El i v2 f 3 Probably Balloon
| 3. DACETINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i Ho PRR Dao

| LGh5 REV ¢ 0 Was Aircraft

] SS ee ec B-Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodor 00 Probably Aircraft

( CL oMpURSS ily Ly Sai 0D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercent Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wus Astronomical .

0 Yas £0 Prabebly Astronomical

Be Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical

: 7. LENGTH OF OB3ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IRIEL ee

0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10 seconds une North to South 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bigs 11. COMMENTS oy bE
| Very bright pinkish white object about the Insufficient infermation for evaluazbior
9 size of a basketball disappeared behind a Also a one witness sighting. Dura++.,
4 clouds and color indicate a meteor sichtd Tipit
; ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 25 32P §2)
3 -
Ih RRS EER a A

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985928