Knollwood, OhioJune 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 16, 1962, in Knollwood, Ohio, a civilian witness reported seeing an object that looked like a star with a color described as white. The object was circling in two large circles, flickering and weaving. The observer reported the sighting to a control officer (CD) over the phone. A tower called a pilot, and the pilot did not see anything unusual. A phone witness said the object could have been a C-118 aircraft. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Knollwood, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 16 June 1962
2. LOCATION: Knollwood, Ohio
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox options listed] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible]
GMT: 16.05302

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

5. PHOTOS: D Yes, ZZ No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: Circling

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Objet color like star, 90% of observer, reported to OD, over phone. Objet was circling in 2 big circles, flickering and weaving.

11. COMMENTS & CHECK WITH BASE: ODs revealed that C-118 was circling in area. Tower called pilot and he did not see anything unusual. OD phoned witness and she agreed objet could have been C-118.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997737