Fairfield, OhioJuly 1949

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Summary

On July 24, 1949, at 2430 hours (12:30 a.m.), a person on the ground in Fairfield, Ohio, watched an object in the sky for about 15 seconds. The object appeared to be about the size of an F-82 fighter plane (a twin-engine aircraft) at traffic altitude, roughly 1,000 feet up. It was white and glowing, and the observer thought it looked like an owl or a stingray fish. The object flew straight from north to south and faded away toward the southwest at a speed the observer estimated at 350 to 400 miles per hour.

The case file is quite brief, and most of the document consists of interview notes and investigation details from a related sighting in Bellingham, Washington, on July 26, 1949, rather than the Fairfield case itself. The main investigation pages contain redacted or illegible sections. The Air Force's evaluation of the Fairfield sighting is listed as "unknown." The complete case file, comprising 8 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Fairfield, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1949

State / country

OH / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 6

© 1. DATE « TIE GROUP | 2. LOCATION | 4 24 Jul 49 : 25/0500Z Fairfield, Ohi 4% | 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Militar ALRCRATS | 4 WUMDER OF OBJECTS g i RE OE © 5. LENGTH GF OJSERVATION [11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | 1 15 seconds Size was the same as an F-82 at traffic altitude. Color was : © 5. TYPZ OF OBSERVATION white, incandescent, Iooked like an owl or sting ray fish, E- Object flew a straight course and faded from view in the SW. ~ _Ground-Visual { "7. COURSE 1 ._Scuth $6. PHOTOS : pi | .. 0 Yes / 3 i "g No i 4 {9 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE E . } E 1 O Yes ) i JX Ne : FOR | i. —-—— ce AARN ITN - . eh ae ® le leon maw ha wead |