Fairborn Ohio, July 1951July 1951

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Summary

On July 16, 1951, near Fairborn, Ohio, a civilian reported a strange object between about 2100 and 2115 (9:00 to 9:15 p.m.). The witness, who worked at a public information office, first took the object to be a star but realized after about a second that it moved.

He described it as bluish white and as bright as an ordinary star, glimmering much like a star, at what seemed an extreme altitude. The object moved toward the southeast, hovered like a helicopter, then moved from side to side like a free balloon, hovering again before continuing on. His wife also watched and agreed it moved at great speed. There was no sound. The whole sighting lasted about five minutes before the object faded into haze near the moon.

The Air Force recorded the case in Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports. The conclusion was a balloon.

Reported location

Fairborn Ohio, July 1951

Date of incident

July 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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I ————— TTT F
Tee : : , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD. .
1. DATE "| ~ LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
X) Wos Balloon
16 July 1951 | Fairbom Ohio D Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Locol TE 2100 & 215 R Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 6 PEs Shady
GMT 17 0200Z 0 AirVisuvol OD Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
XNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Tp ERE RNR GR
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Ro 1 | SE 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Color was bluish=white. Altitude extreme. Evaluated as balloon.
Hovered and moved from side to side similar
to free balloon, No sound.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28939312