Lakewood, OhioSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 14, 1958 (15/0310Z), a civilian observer in Lakewood, Ohio, near Cleveland, reported an unidentified flying object at night. The witness, who was looking at the stars, noticed an object over a neighbor's roof. It looked like a star the size of a golf ball, yellowish in color with a glow like the sun seen through dark glasses. It seemed to hover and slowly rise, moving to the east and northeast, but not very far. The object climbed from 30 to 45 degrees above the horizon and was still visible when the report was called in. The sighting lasted about 45 minutes.

Weather was clear. The report was relayed through the Cleveland air traffic control center. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was astronomical, noting the observer probably saw the star Capella, which was at about 20 degrees elevation rising toward the east. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Lakewood, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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: ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
’ 3 0 Wes Balloon
li September 1958 | Lakewood hio 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belloon
ET — RGround- Visual O Ground-Reder ~ Probetly Ar pa.
GMT 15/03102 0 Ain Visual . 0 Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Airerafs
5. 'PHOTC OU O Was Astronomical . ;; 1)
Q Yes | [J Probably Astronomical
Ne RR O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BEIT nonin
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
85 mins one ENE Ep |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Obj like a star, size of golf ball, The observer probably sow Lau :
yellowish color w/glow., Seemed to star capella, Capella at CUd4ur
hover & slowly rise, moving to azimuth 20dgr clev rising Loward
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