Fletcher, OhioFebruary 1960

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Summary

In February 1960, a person in Fletcher, Ohio saw an object that briefly caught their attention. The object appeared as a white light with a solid center and blurred edges, roughly the size of a basketball. It did not move during the roughly 15 seconds the witness observed it, then went out like a light and disappeared.

The Air Force investigated the sighting and reviewed the circumstances. In the brief summary section of the case file, an investigator noted that the object was "probably the ceilometer at Cox Airport measuring the cloud base," and added that the witness had been "looking over the Airport at time of measurement." A ceilometer is a ground instrument that uses a light beam to measure how high clouds are above the ground. The file indicates the Air Force concluded the sighting was most likely a balloon, though "probably balloon" and other explanations were also listed as possibilities.

The case file contains 9 pages as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Fletcher, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 9

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BE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
6 Febru ary, 1960 le teher, Uhio 1 Was Balloon
2 Probobly Balicon
——— ee te — a  — oe A A SS —t 2  — A  — Se 5 AO te es. .J H *
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Ballash |
CHOO 0G A 4 0 Was Aircrofr
| Loss] ee mE Ground- Yi sual 0 Ground-Radar 00 Probobly Aircroft
Gi __ GMpA 0S 2007. a 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntarcapt Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE OC Was Astronomical
. 0 Yos 3 Probably Astronomical
3 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ff. OtherCoiliomaton
/ ; [u] Insuffici ant Data for Evaluation
4 15 Seconds Una Stati onary 0 Unknown
: 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
vinite object with a solid canter and blurred Probably the ceiliometer at Cox Airport
; edies atont the size of s basketball. Did measuring the cloud base, Witness looking
{ not move, Went out like a light, over tne Airport at time of measurement],
: ATIC FORM 329 {R2V 25 SZP 52)
b Pe Cr EN RE ASE hes AT

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985821