North Of Dayton, OhioJuly 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On July 28, 1961, north of Dayton, Ohio, a civilian fireman reported a light in the sky. He saw it at 2307 (11:07 p.m.) and watched it for about 2 to 5 minutes. The object looked like a stationary light that changed in brightness. It appeared like a bright star low in the northeast. The Air Force tried to contact the witness but could not reach him. The card notes that a first magnitude star, Capella, was low on the north northeast horizon at that time. Because key details were missing, the report was listed as insufficient data.

Reported location

North Of Dayton, Ohio

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
dE heigl REWER: LE DO Wos Bolloon
28 Jul 61 Norbh of Dayton, Unio 0 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO Pessilly Bellosh |
32307 0 Was Aircraft
ZH \ Vv (w] - 2 \
IRTIVT SRE 0 1." (NORV ORA rE—— £) Ground- Visual Ground-Rodor QO Probably Aircraft
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CO RRR LO RR 0 Air Visual 3 Air-Intsrcept Radar O Possibly Alreraft i
5. "PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical }
XQ No Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
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7. LENGTH CF.O3SERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE 0 Otheteeo oe ; :
fla bbb Data for Evaluation 3
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2-5 min L No motion d
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: 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt viewed at night 11. COMMENTS nZ0 reported is very |
| for 2-5 min. Appeared as stat ionary light limited. An attempt was made to contact i
changing brightenss. Looked like hright star the witness, however as his first name po §
: in northeast. phone number was nat known, the attempt
| was not successful, If witness was looking :
more N than NE it is possible that 00Jb :
was lst megnitude star Capella, which
| was low on NNE horizon, Dus TO lack of :
essentiax 8x info, this report 1is :
g categorized as insufficient data. :
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993664