Dayton, OhioJuly 1960

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Summary

On July 21, 1960, someone in Dayton, Ohio saw a bright object moving across the sky. The witness watched it for about three to four seconds as it traveled from northwest to east, passing from directly overhead down toward the horizon.

The object looked like a burning aircraft, but smaller. It was green with an orange halo around it and stayed bright the entire time the witness could see it. The object moved steadily and did not explode or break apart during the sighting.

The Air Force investigator who reviewed this report concluded it was probably a meteor, a piece of rock from space that burns up as it falls through Earth's atmosphere. The case file notes this as a "typical meteor observation." No further investigation or analysis appears in the file.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, 8 pages.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 8

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
k O Wes Bolloon |
| 21 Jul 60 Dayton, Ohio 8 Probably Belloen |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION W FOsY Seven |
i LOH css ——— @ Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder 8 poe  - oft
i GMT 21/05152 O Air Visvel O Air-Iintercopt Rodor O Possibly Aireroft
: 5. PHOTOS ov . ool TEseReae ' Mot
; es robaobly Astronomico eo
4 0 Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
§ EE ————————————————————— —————————————————————————
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR — ———
k O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
4 3-4 sec ore NW-E 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Object like burning a/c. but smaller in size Typical meteor observation.
] with steady movement. Green with orange halo.
Bright at all times. In view from directly
overiead to horizon. Did not explode or break
; ur.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987914