New Madison, OhioMay 1959

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Summary

On May 19, 1959, at approximately 10:30 p.m., a witness in New Madison, Ohio observed a round haze of light with no definite shape while driving on Route 121 from Arcanum, Ohio. The light lasted only a few seconds, staying in a near stationary position before fading away. The witness saw it again around 3 a.m. the same morning, describing it as brighter and larger. The witness described the object as giving the appearance of a moon behind clouds or haze with no definite shape, seeming to change proportions slightly at times. The phenomena lasted approximately 25 minutes until 4 a.m. when the witness returned home. On both occasions, the light appeared to have color, yellow, fading gradually until no longer visible. The Air Force evaluation is not stated on these pages.

Reported location

New Madison, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
May 20, 1959

3. INVESTIGATING GROUP
Local
2305/0000Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
25 min.

2. LOCATION
New Madison, Ohio

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Visual

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

12. CONCLUSIONS
Unknown
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

9. COURSE
[illegible]

11. COMMENTS
Bright lighting were observed by the witness on two occasions on May 19. Both sightings were on Routes 121 returning to New Madison. Neither of the sightings lasted more than a half hour, the first for a brief time in a near stationary position. The second sighting was possibly a searchlight beam striking on clouds. Probable an intermittent (?) object in some respects, possibly in Michigan (4-7 mile distant).

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 21 SEP 52)

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