Over Cincinnati, OhioFebruary 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 20 to 21, 1959, a military pilot flying over Cincinnati, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The sighting was about 9 p.m. local time, near 0200Z to 0620Z, and the chase lasted about 21 minutes. The pilot, a Lt. Bradley of an Air National Guard reconnaissance squadron, was flying a B-57 at 41,000 feet.

He described one round object that flashed red, white, and green lights in turn at about five second intervals. The whole object lit up while changing colors. It was about 15 miles west of the pilot in level flight. He gave chase on a heading of 270 degrees under ground control and followed it for about 200 miles while the object gradually pulled away. Three other aircraft also reported seeing it.

The Air Force concluded the object was probably an aircraft. The record card listed the conclusion as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Over Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

View transcribed text

A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ao H 0 Woes Balloon
20 Feb 59 Over Cinninnati, Ohio O Probably Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballon
local | © GroundVisel O Ground-Rador $k Prohady Rivorels
ane 0 PEER XXAirVisvol O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTC JOU R( O Was Astronomicaol
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical ;
. ; O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Der psa —
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
? 0 Unknown
21 nines one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round obj, alternately flashing red, Probably an aircraft.
1 white, 2nd green lights at about 5 second
interfals, A/C followed obj for approxi-
mately 21 minutes to the Hest,
" ATIC PORM 329 (REV 2¢ SEP 52)
/
Kl s
. A 1 D8 5 05

/ 5

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982031