Hamden, OhioDecember 1951

Unidentified

Summary

On December 22, 1951, in the early morning near Hamden, Ohio, an object was reported in the southeast sky. A witness first said the object appeared to follow an automobile along a highway. The object was later reported in the sky some miles away.

The object was a light in the southeast, too bright to be a star, and it disappeared as daylight came. The Air Force compared its position to bright objects then visible in the southeast along the path of the planets, including Mars, Venus, Spica, and Saturn. The case was evaluated as one of these astronomical bodies, most likely Venus.

Reported location

Hamden, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1951

State / country

OH / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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hog PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i |
4 A
I. DATE = 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
’ A 0 Wes Bolloon
i 22 Dec 195) Hamden, Chio O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellon
Yoarly Mormine x ¥ 0 Was Aiicroft
Local 2 tf Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rader QO Probably Aircraft
OMT oer comers 0 Air Visuvol 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE ©  Wos Astronomical
0 Yes ? OD Probably Astronomicol
: ts No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomicoel
pr om——e o———————— ——— Ss ——————————e———
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE » JE oT FRU W—"———
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 0 Unknown
Lad Lod ad — -- -—
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Tight in SE appeared to be following care Mars, Venus, Spica and Saturn in SE
Toc bright to be Star. Object disappeared alonz ecliptic, Cbjedb on of these
with comingof daylight. Astro bodies. Venus being the most
bright.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) gn
7 x / i
- “ 2 JE SY Sa ii .

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940425