Dayton, OhioJune 1962

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Summary

In June 1962, residents of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright object in the night sky. The witnesses described it as very large and estimated it moved slowly across the sky. The object eventually disappeared behind their house.

The Air Force investigation concluded that the sighting was probably caused by a searchlight. According to the case file, a searchlight was operating in the area on the night in question, and the witnesses' description of the light matched other reports of searchlight activity from that time period.

The Air Force found no evidence that the sighting represented any threat to national security or constituted an interplanetary visitor in any form.

The full case file, consisting of 17 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

17 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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3 | 1. DATE | 22 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS {
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3 { June Oz icky WULLy NA iO Probobly Balloon i
4 I TCU Sl SEE ty a Ee de fis RTE FR RR TT a TR INERT PETRIE eae he hg R E | [m] Poss oly Balloon !
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5) £5 |
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k { Lg EE he mE RR AA SSC BC Na AJ Ground-VYisucal 0 Ground-Rodar o Midd Aircroft !
i ; QO Probobly Aircraft |
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: GMT. oo] 40d EE AR ASR ers a Aix Visual 0 Air-latercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft |
: H 3. PHTTOS | 8. SOURCE jo Was Astronomical |
b a Yes i i 3 Probobly Astronomical! |
i a No ivilio | DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE FE Other SOVERGIO LIVE JIE
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i \ . | 7 Unknown i
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4 {10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jx COMMENTS |
| A\n cbizect described a , light and estimated This sighting 15 provab 1e te me {
J 0 ba very large was cbserve by witnesses i rohlight so} eR ponsib ‘Op |
4 { FLOM. VREeLT ROMS caved 1n: tne DUI Il SLO Lad » TX ) LC Lh y GUI 53 ea) A H
; section of the city. itnesses were facing thi eriod. Searchlight was operat |
4 ! § and object disappeared behing their house. | this night and description by wibtne:
} | Speed of object was estimated as slow. matches that of other reports of light. |
3 1 Tharp 1 ee “ indicat ad On dant i
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997676