Dayton, OhioOctober 1958

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Summary

On a night in October 1958, a witness in Dayton, Ohio saw one blue-green object that looked like a flame. It changed brightness and was about the size of a dime. The object traveled very fast from east to southeast. Its nose turned red, then the object disappeared. The sighting lasted about six seconds. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the description was that of a meteor.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD bith :

: : 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ; : Sa
: O Was Balloon i

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; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Di; Poxsibly;Balioon :

: elm 0: Ground- Visual! 0 Ground-Radar = Mex ol :

: epi OUibs aol 0 Air Visuad! O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft ; ¢

‘ 5. ‘PHOTOS : ¢ 8. SOURCE 0X Was Astronomical licteor :

: a Yes ‘'O Probably Astronomical 3

; <0 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical i

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7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TD (Pihge = oi eo

; : O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation : .

: : O Unknown a

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . |11. COMMENTS ; : :
Blue-green on}, apveared as a flame, Description is of a meteor, ;
changing brightness, size of a dime, . i

traveling very fast. Nose turned red :

then obj disappeared, : :

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) . ; ~
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980602