Fairborn, OhioMay 1962

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Summary

On May 2, 1962, at 1:30 p.m., a worker in Fairborn, Ohio reported seeing a brilliant blue-white streak with a red tail. The witness thought it was a jet at first but phoned in an observation. The report mentioned numerous calls about a meteor shower. The Air Force noted the sighting had a jet-like appearance and tail, but also considered it might be a meteor because of its characteristics. The object was evaluated as meteor sighting, though the possibility of it being a jet was not ruled out.

Reported location

Fairborn, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 May 1952

2. LOCATION: Fairborn, Ohio

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[checkboxes] Probably Balloon
[checkbox] Possibly Balloon
[checkboxes] Was Aircraft
[checkboxes] Probably Aircraft
[checkboxes] Possibly Aircraft
[checkboxes] Was Astronomical
[checkboxes] Probably Astronomical
[checkboxes] Possibly Astronomical
[checkboxes] Other-
[checkboxes] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[checkboxes] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP:
Local 1330 pm
GMT 02/2130Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
[checkbox] Ground-Visual [checkbox] Ground-Radar
[checkbox] Air-Visual [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS:
[checkbox] Yes
[checkbox] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1  9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Brilliant blue-white streak with red tail. Report fm worker who thought it was a jet at first. Report phoned in to OOD.

11. COMMENTS: Reported during numerous calls concerning meteor shower. This report not included with other because of time difference. Considered meteor sighting because of characteristic of jet like appearance and tail although it is also possible that objt was actually a jet s/o.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

[handwritten text, partially illegible]:
[illegible] was in fairborn
there at 1330
it just aloft up corner
70[illegible] it was a
what of racing off to the higher
Cailey Brilliant blue white
streak with red tail
it went fast
it obsolete it changed it
when it jet it first

Time 22.58

2 MAY 62

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997110