Milford, OhioJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 23, 1954, at 2:40 p.m., a silver circular or spherical object was sighted in the sky near Milford, Ohio. The object was observed at approximately 45 degrees elevation in the southeast. One object was sighted and remained stationary. The observation duration was not reported. A civilian witness reported the sighting to Colonel J. M. Smith, Deputy Director of Civilian Defense for Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County, who stated that both he and his wife had observed the object. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was unidentified, though comments noted it was possibly sundog or possibly a balloon, with insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Milford, Ohio

Date of incident

July 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
23 July 1954 | Milford, Ohio | [] Was Balloon
 | | [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [] Possibly Balloon
Local 1440 | [X] Ground-Visual | []
GMT 23/1940Z | [] Ground-Radar | [] Was Aircraft
 | [] Air-Visual | [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | [] Air-Intercept Radar | [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes | | []
[X] No | 6. SOURCE | [] Was Astronomical
 | | [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Civilian | [] Possibly Astronomical
Not Reported | | []
 | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [] Other
 | 1 | Stationary | [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 | | | [X] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Silver, circular shape in sky. 45 deg | Brief report. Possibly sundog.
elev in SE. | Possible balloon. Insufficient data
 | for analysis.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959092