Dayton, OhioNovember 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR text from this 14-page case file is too degraded to reliably summarize. While the cover sheet indicates a sighting in Dayton, Ohio in November 1959 of a bright, bluish-white light that appeared to grow larger and brighter before disappearing, and notes the Air Force's assessment as "probably balloon," the witness questionnaire responses and investigative details on pages 10 through 14 are substantially unreadable. Without access to legible witness statements, observation times, weather data, and analysis, a responsible summary cannot be written. The full case file, comprising 14 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 14

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE y 2. LOCATION Ree TRANEIBIBNe
1 Vas Bolloan
8 Nay 5 Davto LB 0 Probably Balloon
Lo 20 Hoy 29 CE oo 1Dayton, Ohio ___ IM Poe 103 Ball don
3. DATE-TIME GROUP kd [TYPE OF OBSERYATION
cal 023( 3 i ROTI pa 0 Was Aircroft
Local a | A Ground: Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Arcroft
; Baca BY OTRO dvr ao i 02 Air-Yisudl 3 Air-Intarcept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTCS 6. SOURCE dX Waos Astronomical Mebaor
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
= Sn BNo : Eo ivilian 0 Possibly Astronomizal
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [3 lh a po sete SSR TRS
OQ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
SET, 3 0 Unknown
ci Ee bee  VREET O HERG Ie) « JC AIS SR IR = 011) + SRC SNE El
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| A bright, bluish-white light, first noticed Probebly a meteor. Although time
behind clouds. Appzezed to get larger & duration is excessive, this could
brighter until it disappeardd. Shape could have been misinterpreted.
not be determined due to brightness.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Places

Dayton, OH Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-11-01