Moraine, OhioJuly 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 8, 1959, two men in Moraine, Ohio saw one object described as the burning tail section of an aircraft. The object moved toward the east. The sky was dark with no trace of daylight. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a jet aircraft with its afterburner on.

Reported location

Moraine, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
8 Jul 59 Moraine, Ohio 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A TYPE OF OBSERVATION ASAE LI EAGLE)
nL00 \ Rv i 0 Was Aircraft |
Local ee LY Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar {QP robably Aircraft
GMT Q/02007% 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
; 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
“IX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
| pik she A cil ie ell osha ly : :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9- COURSE B77 Oth arg tahieIL LE he sei
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5 5 D0 Unknown
ghoxrt time 11 East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Obj described as the burning tail section Probably a Jet a / eC w/ afterpburnér on.
| of an a/c observed by two men. |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983746