Dayton, OhioJune 1960

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Summary

On the evening of June 6, 1960, a witness in Dayton, Ohio saw a bright bluish-green glow appear in the northeastern sky. The object was moving toward her while descending at an angle. She said it looked like a shooting star, but different from any she had seen before. The object disappeared behind some trees after about one second.

The witness reported the sighting to the Air Force on a technical information form. In her account, she noted that the sky was clear at the time and the object appeared solid. She estimated the object's brightness was like that of a distant automobile headlight. The object did not change brightness, shape, or appear to stop at any point during the brief sighting.

The Air Force evaluated the case and concluded the object was probably a meteor. The description, according to the file, was typical of a meteor observed at high altitude. No other witnesses are listed in the file, and no additional corroborating evidence such as radar data appears in the available documents.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 9 pages.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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! HENRY, Geneva ~~ PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD - .  . | Gis |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 6 Jun 60 Dayton, Ohio o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bry SAYIN |
Local _O115 - 0130 Cl Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Shy iver oft
GMT 2 eg Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ay y - bk Rg td ee
- :
whi Civilian A ao Bare
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BON tan | |
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluetion
1 sec one descending |O Unknown -
10." BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS FS |
A bright bluish-green glow appeared in the NE, | The description is typical of a meteor
moving toward the witness while dt fell at an | at high altitude. |
angle. Witness stated it was Just like a
shooting star, but different than any she had
seen. Object disappeared behind trees.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82) n | :
3 ; Fo | /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987172