Dayton, OhioJuly 1960

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Summary

On July 2, 1960, a civilian in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the sky around 9:20 a.m. The witness described it as cone or tube-shaped, with a tail and two blue lights. The object had a brilliant stream of fire and appeared to be roughly the size of a T-33 jet trainer. It moved at high speed and disappeared over the northern horizon, remaining visible for about two minutes.

Air Force investigators checked with Base Operations at the local airfield. The base reported no known aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting. However, the official Air Force evaluation of the case concluded that an aircraft was the probable cause of the report.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, comprising 10 pages.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE ) ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Ball
2 Jul 60 Dayton, Ohio =] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION col Bhd ine ont
+ Leeal aR A R Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Rador a Brohdy Meh
our 02/0920Z THe 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar @ Possibly Averalt
S. PHOTOS « SOUR O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
Neo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOI cisions
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 2 min one N O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cblect shaped like a cone or tube of fire with | Check with Base Operations indicated tha
a tail guard and two blue lights. Had brilliant| there were no known a/c in area. Report
stream of fire, about the size of a T-33, moving indicates a/c as the probable cause.
at a high rate of speed. Disappeared over the
northern horizon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987607