Dayton, OhioMarch 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 21, 1958, around 8:20 a.m. in Dayton, Ohio, three youths on their way to school observed a spherical object moving slowly away in the sky. The object was reported as moving slowly away and lasted about 10 minutes. A balloon released in Sulphur Grove at 6:40 a.m. with winds at 25 miles per hour was noted. Ground and air radar observations occurred between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m., with no radar contact in the area. The object possessed characteristics of a balloon, and an earlier balloon from Sulphur Grove may have initiated the sighting. The Air Force evaluated the object as a balloon.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                               2. LOCATION                          12. CONCLUSIONS
21 Mar 58                            Dayton, Ohio                         [] Was Balloon
                                                                            [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION               [] Possibly Balloon
Local 0820                           [] Ground-Visual                      [] Was Aircraft
GMT 1320/7                          [X] Air-Visual                        [] Probably Aircraft
                                    [] Ground-Radar                       [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                           [] Air-Intercept Rdar                 []
[] Yes                                                                     [] Was Astronomical
[] No                               6. SOURCE                            [] Probably Astronomical
                                    Civilian                             [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION            8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE     [] Other
10 mins                             One               slowly away       [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                        [] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING       11. COMMENTS
Three youths on way to school observed    ed Balloon released in Sulphur
object in sky moving slowly away.          Grove at 0640. Winds 25 mph & wou
Spherical.                                 bring this balloon over Dayton.
                                          objs on radar fm 0730-0830. No
                                          n/c in area. Since the obj possess
                                          the characteristics of a balloon
                                          & the rpt was turned in at 0820 i
                                          is believed that the obj. was obse
                                          prior to this time & the balloon
                                          fm Sulphur Grove initiated the
                                          sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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