DAYTON & VICINITY Yellow Springs, OhioMay 1962

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Summary

On June 9, 1962, a civilian about 100 miles south of Springfield airport, Ohio, near Yellow Springs, reported an object in the sky at night. It was in sight for about 45 seconds to 1 minute.

The object appeared as a spot of light that seemed to move from northwest to north. Its color was yellowish-white and its shape was generally round. The edges of the object were reported to be blurred.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the sighting was probably an advertising searchlight being operated in Springfield, Ohio.

Reported location

DAYTON & VICINITY Yellow Springs, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE a 2. LOCATION : | 12. CONCLUSIONS Re
7 UNE NYro + V(CiMNITYy
1 ER tut hl PAY re A oY i : : si) 13 Was Bolioon
OEY LHY0L Yellow opriags, Unio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Hapa porcon
; Local ee we tr 2 Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Radar 2 Fisuably Keisls

GMT def 0s Ee 0 Air-VYisuol O Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircrofr
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| QO Yes 1 Probably Astronomical

EX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF CR33SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 2 Othar SRST oh aod RHE +d 7 rans
k 1 Insufficiant Dora for Evaluation
a Z ” : vi 0 Unknown
1 4) SeC TO 1 mil | i SEWN: oly J
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING /100% 5 wos nonr 11. COMMENTS (hf "this sighting was
Springfield airport when he saw an objt probably an advertising searchlight
| which appeared as a spot of light. Objh which was being operated in Spriagfield,
3 appeared to mcve fm NW to I. >0lor was Ohio. > :
reported to be yellowish-white and shape as
generally round. Objt was in sight approx

45 sec to 1 min, Edges of objt were reported
3 to be blurred.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 82P 52)
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