Dayton, OhioSeptember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On September 24, 1957, at about 2130 (Greenwich time) in Dayton, Ohio, a civilian saw one object shaped like a cylinder that was wide at the top and tapered down. It was silver and about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object moved toward the sun and was in sight for about fifteen minutes. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as probably balloon. The card agrees with the reporting officer that the sighting was probably caused by a balloon. It notes there was no report in the file.

Reported location

Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; ’ 0 Wos Bolloon
24 Sentembar 1957 Dayton, Ohio J& Probably Balloon
A eee emeee=~| 0 Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
ps ; p O Wes Aircraft
TDR iia umiiisiniiisiiisisisang IX Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rodar O Probably Airerof? :
| cS 24 /2130% 0 AirVisudl 0 Air-Intercep? Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomico! :
0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
XE Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical J
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE iis 1
0 Insufficient Dora for Eveluation ;
£5 d . : 0 Unknown ]
fifteen minutes one unknown }
Dic i oteoossl Ber an res ROHR REAPRRII, JEUNE ctistst KABUTO Sass vest rE] SO —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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One cylinder-wide top tapered down, Concur with rpting officer that
silver object the size of a dime at this sighting was probably caused
arm's length, Object was seen noving by a balloon.
into sun % was in sight for fifteen
minutes.
| | No repoxt in file,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971779