Londonville, OhioSeptember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of September 27, 1954, a civilian reported an object over Loudonville, Ohio. The witness, an employee of a local company, watched the object from his car while driving home and again from his home. He used both his naked eye and high powered field glasses. The sighting lasted about 6 minutes, and five or six other people also saw the object.

The object was rectangular and very bright, with rough looking edges and a hot appearance. Its center looked oval and smooth. It first headed south southeast, then changed to the southwest. As it changed direction, it appeared to become elongated. The night was clear with no limits to visibility.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as probably aircraft. The case was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Londonville, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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v :
: 1 Pr PROJECT 10073 RECORD : 5 {
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
27 September 1954 |
27/23572 Ioudonville, Ohio
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
g Civilian PROBAIBY ATRCRAFT |
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS f
f |
EF |. | i
5 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
: Rectangular, very bright, rough edges. Heading S-SB then |
4 6 linutes changed to SW, Center of object appezred oval and smocth,., As !
i 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION object changed direction, it appeared to beeome elongated. {
a Reported as sighted by several others.
3 Ground Visual - BX
: COURSE Possible a/c sighting.
f- 8. PHOTOS |
: O Yes
& No
: 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
i O Yes :
g & No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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