Dayton, OhioMay 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On a date in 1954, a witness in Dayton, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The source was a civilian.

The object was a steady flame color with no sound. It flew in a straight line for about 15 minutes. A check with Wright-Patterson operations revealed a T-6 aircraft in the area at the time.

In Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports, this case was marked as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 10

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‘1._DATE « TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION ;
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13/00352 De on, Ohio A
3. SOURCE rH CONCLUSION PROBABLY AIRCRAFT i

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tiitien /W-P Oper. revealed T-6 a/c in vicinity. | |
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S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1 2 Soe SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
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15 minutes oy. color. No sound. Flew in straight line. Moved i
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : : 2
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ;
0 Yes ; ; §
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FORM :
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used. ¥
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958202