Dayton, OhioNovember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the evening of November 27, 1956, a witness in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the sky at 8:30 p.m. The object appeared round and larger than the moon, with an orange color and intermittent red flames shooting from it. The witness described it as moving fast and looking like a piece of burning paper falling through the air. The object eventually exploded and seemed to drop toward the ground.

The Air Force investigation noted that the duration of the sighting was not reported by the witness. Investigators considered the possibility that the object was a meteor, which would explain the bright color, the flames, and the apparent explosion. The case file indicates insufficient data was available to reach a definitive evaluation.

The full case file, comprising 10 pages, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

10 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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5 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
27 November 1956 Dayton Ohio 0 Probably Boalleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION NW TOtery Seen
local 2030 | XXGround-Visvel © Ground-Radar O Probobly Aircraft
GMT 28/01302 0 AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . E O Was Astronomical
OVYes DO Probably Astronomicol
XoNo Civilian D Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DTN cgi.
R Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
; O Unknown
one WNW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, round, size larger than the Insufficient data, Duration, not
moon, Color orange, had intermittent reported. Possible meteor.
red flames, Object exploded and
seemed to fall to ground, Speed fast, |
Looked like piece of paper burning &
going through air,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968475