Oklahoma City, Okla., January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 9, 1959, a civilian in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, reported dark spots in the sky. The man was an electronic technician. He watched the objects from sunrise to sunset (the time group given was 1845 GMT).

He described round dark spots with small protrusions, each about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. They moved with slow spiraling motions from left to right. There was no sound or trail.

The observer was looking at the sun through a welder's helmet filter to test the lens. The Air Force concluded the case was astronomical. The record card noted that a welder's filter makes it possible to see dark spots on the sun, and that the spots could no longer be seen after sunset. The conclusion was sunspots.

Reported location

Oklahoma City, Okla., January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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‘ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : is
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Wos Bolloon
Q Jan 59 Oklahoma City, Okla. O Probably Bolloon
i eC Edt tiie] @  Ponsily Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
4 OD Was Aircraft
i + Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Airer oft
GMT 09/1845Z 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . SO £X Was Astronomical SUnspot
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XXNeo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Der cn —
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
a O Unknown
Sunrise to Sunset one N/A
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round dark spots with protrusions, size Observer was looking at the sun
| of pinhead at arm: length with slow spirali through a welder's Tilter. With this
motions, filter it is possible to see the dark
spots on the sun, The fact that these
spots could no longer be seen after
sunset indicates the observer sav
nothing more than sunspots.
ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981682