New Carlisle, OhioJune 1963

Unidentified

Summary

On the evening of June 25, 1963, a civilian in New Carlisle, Ohio saw a bright object that resembled a star moving across the night sky toward the northeast. The witness watched the object appear to fade out and then reappear twice during the sighting. The object flew in a straight, level path for most of the observation before making a turn to the right near the end.

The object eventually disappeared by fading away. Throughout the sighting, its appearance remained consistent with that of a bright star. The witness was able to observe it under clear sky conditions.

Air Force investigators reviewed the case and concluded that the flight characteristics and duration of the sighting were consistent with an aircraft. They found nothing in the reported details that would suggest the object was anything other than a normal aircraft observation. On the official evaluation form, the U.S. Air Force labeled the case "unidentified," though their analysis pointed toward a conventional explanation.

The full case file, consisting of 9 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

New Carlisle, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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Eo | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
9 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 } 2 0 Was Bolloon |
25 June 1963 New Carlisle, Ohio O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ies ubly bolteen
: Ula MOQRORTEM cob |, HXGrRunaivisuel 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
: GMT 5 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
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5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OD Was Astronomical
E O Yes O Probobly Astronomical |
Zo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0, Other oo
[ 0 ' Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
; 0 Unknown
] e NE / : /
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Object appearing as a bright star Object appearing ths same as
in flizht to NE, Disappeared twice. a star heading NE after fading
1 Straight level flight, Turn to NE out twice, Made to turn right,
| during latter part of flight. Disap- Flight characteristics & dura-
peared by fading. white. Appeared same tion consistant with A/C
4 as star, analysis. Nothing to indicate :
that this was other than norma
1 a/c ohservation.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001450