E of Cincinnati, OhioSeptember 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 16, 1960, east of Cincinnati, Ohio, a pilot reported a sighting at 10:30 a.m. The object was blue in color, very dense, and nearly dissipated in six minutes. It had a mushroom effect and resembled an explosion. The distance and height of the phenomenon could not be estimated. The observation lasted six minutes. One object was sighted. The course was not given. The source was military. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

E of Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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CIVIL AIRLINER PILOT                PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
       16 Sep 60                  E of Cincinnati, Ohio          U Probable Balloon
                                                                  U Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         U Possibly Balloon
   Local ___0530h                   Ground-Visual                U Was Aircraft
   CUT    16/1030hz                Air-Visual           U       U Probably Aircraft
                                    Ground-Radar         U       U Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        8. SOURCE                      U
   U Yes                            Military             U       U Was Astronomical
   U No                                                  U       U Probably Astronomical
                                                                  U Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
   6 min                            one                 not given U Other
                                                                  U Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    11. COMMENTS                  U Unknown
Blue in color and very dense and nearly dissi-
pated in 6 min. Had mushroom effect and re-
sembled an explosion. Distance or height of
phenomena could not be estimated.

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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