Englewood, OhioOctober 1956

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Summary

On October 28, 1956, a fourteen-year-old boy in Englewood, Ohio, observed a solid pink object in the western sky at twilight. The boy estimated the object to be about 50 miles away and thought it was roughly 500 feet long. It had no wings, no protrusions, and left no vapor trail.

The object moved in a circling motion and returned to its original position during the sighting. The boy described the object as sharply outlined and said the sun was setting at the time. He watched it for about ten minutes, and the object remained visible when he reported it.

Air Force investigators noted that the object's circling maneuvers and the duration of the sighting were consistent with an aircraft sighting. The file does not explain what observers should look for to tell the difference between an aircraft and the object seen. The case was evaluated as "unknown" by the Air Force, though the form also notes "probably aircraft" as one possible conclusion. The reasoning behind the final evaluation is not clear in the available records.

The full case file, consisting of nine pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Englewood, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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“ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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p . Sa : 0 Wos Balloon
28 October 1956 Englewood, Ohio DO Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Belloon |
1745 h ¢ 1X Was Aircraft
or a IX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodaor O Probobly Aircraft
OO ' BN .
omy 28/2245Z O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
a No Civilian oh O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. .O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I is
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
i 0 Unknown
10 minutes one circling
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING E : 11. COMMENTS
Solid ohject estimated to be 50 miles Object observed circling in West,
away observed at twilight. Object sun was setting at time. Color of
was curled up, no wings or protrusions) object was pinl, Witness 14 yr olll
no vapor trail, motion wad down, obj boy. Distance estimated at 50
circled back to its original position,| miles away. Maneuvers indicate
Color pink, Sharply outlined, Thought possible a/c sighting. Duration
to be 500ft long, Still in sight at consistent with this analysis,
time of rpt. Object was in Vest, (since object was circling).
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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