Dayton, OhioJune 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On June 19, 1957, at about 1:30 a.m. local time, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported a sighting through Civil Defense. The report was an extract from a senior duty officer's report.

The witness reported a bright orange light to the south southeast of the area. The light then disappeared, but a glow remained. The duty officer could not see anything himself.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
8 | 1 oate ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OQ Was Balloon
: 19 .Jupe 1957 Davton, Ohio O Probably Balloon
© 13. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon _
| VCR NACI ERO BSE iv 0 Ground-Visuvel O Ground-Rador a BILE A ovals
4 CMT 19/06302Z O Air-Visuval 0 Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aireraft
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
4 O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
E ONe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTN OF OBSERYATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CER) | A Sr i) Ae SRN FAI
1 0% Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
rinses 0 Unknown
E one SSE
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 A bright orange light, Light disappeafed Insufficient data,
E | put glow remained,
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E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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