Dayton, OhioJune 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 24, 1959, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a very bright, white colored object moving rapidly across the sky from south to northeast. According to the witness, the object traveled faster than any jet aircraft he had ever seen and flew at a very high altitude.

The Air Force investigator who reviewed the case noted in the file that the analyst considered the witness unreliable and did not attempt further analysis. No additional witnesses are mentioned in the available records, and the case file contains substantial OCR degradation on later pages that limits what can be clearly determined about any follow-up investigation.

The Air Force's evaluation on the case card lists "unknown" as its conclusion, meaning the sighting was not identified as any known aircraft, balloon, astronomical phenomenon, or other explainable object. However, no detailed reasoning for this classification appears in the legible portions of the file.

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

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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4 g PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD }
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION © [12 CONCLUSIONS BAER
: 1 Was Balloon
: 24 Jun 59 dayton, Chic 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION {8 Possibly Balloon
| mielale) 4 : 4 0 Was Aircraft
Local ER ERE 0 Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT. 2203207 Jun oF 0 Air Visual OD Air-Intercept Radar C1 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
: a No faiaq dos 0 Possibly Astronomical
oe SE TRC 2 hr beret J ER EE EE Ts ERR BERR TC RL TYEE AR GT BN BE Ben Te Se I AE ST El Cr (he Se SR SO el RIAU |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ox OtherlIntaliabhle itneg
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Ty : Zi 0 Unknown :
Se EC 4 0 1 1 orie 2h
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS is
very bright, white colored obj moving Analyst condiders witness unreliable
‘1 very fast across sy to NE. Travled faster Did not atbempt further analysis.
than any jet witness had ever Been. Very
fast hiah alt.
ATIC FORM 229 (RYY 28 SEP 52) ’

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983590