Dayton, OhioJanuary 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

In early January 1958, a woman in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing three objects that resembled helicopters with red blinking lights. She believed they were arranged in a row and told investigators that her neighbor claimed to receive signals from whatever the objects were. She also mentioned a mysterious car that would stop in front of her house.

The Air Force investigator noted in the case file that the witness provided inconsistent information and described her as an eccentric person. The limited details in the file make it difficult to assess what she actually observed or whether her account was reliable. No radar confirmation or corroborating witnesses are mentioned in the available documents.

The Air Force marked this case as "unknown" in its official evaluation, indicating they could not identify what the objects were based on the information provided. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, spanning 9 pages of microfilm.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

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5 :
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wel ; 3 O Was Balloon
6 Jan 38 : Dayton, Ohio a Risnaby aotoen
ET CF Se Ty For rr RRS am meee ee I RL NS SCT 2S p
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local Dusk & 3-4 a.m, X¥XGround- Vi sual a Ground-Radar o Probably Aver gry
emt 6/ 0 8000-06002 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS SO R E [=m] Was Astronomi cal
QO Yes OO Probably Astronomical
Bo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
ES HF TT = Pry Ei Re REE Fie eee ree LS -
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE @XOtherIncansgstont | |
Q Insufficient Data for Evaluation] | !
; 0 Unknown
20t given threo not «iva
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three objs (lik: helicopters) w/red Inconsistent info fm an accentric
blinking lights, Source thought they person,
were in a row, 'lso stated her neighbqr
returns signals w/whatever it is.
Also refereed to a "mysterious" car
that stops in fromt of her house,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $52)
WD Tt ba i Bs * BA cord rst

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976557