Pigua, OhioNovember 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On a November morning in 1958 near Piqua, Ohio, a witness spotted an unusual object in the sky. The object appeared round and dirty white, roughly the size of a basketball, and seemed to glow as it climbed and disappeared from view. The sighting lasted only a few seconds.

According to the Air Force message summary included in the case file, the object was oval-shaped and black and white in color. The witness saw it between 300 and 400 feet above Piqua, and it appeared to be climbing. The object moved slowly toward the north over the course of three or four seconds. The witness observed it with the naked eye under clear conditions.

The Air Force evaluated the case as unknown, meaning investigators could not identify what the object was. The case file consists of 11 pages and includes a detailed questionnaire completed by the witness, along with an official military message form summarizing the report and distributing it to various Air Force commands and intelligence offices.

This case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 11 pages of records on microfilm T1206, Roll 34.

Reported location

Pigua, Ohio

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD jo
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ef
O Was Balloon
0 Ta Pra r LL SR Wr ion Jain 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
915% Toe! 3 0 Wos Aircraft
[Efe of bien, Goat ti de ER BR CR A 8 Ground- Vi sual BO Ground-Redar O Probably Aircraft
oMT__12 LIE RS Ha a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
a Yes O Probably Astronomical
O.No Civil ian i DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.C3SERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE El Of epic aR Ea Sy fat hi
1 0 Insufficient Data for Evaiuction
t 5; 0 Unknown
9 8SeCoONags one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, dirty ~-white obj, size of Insufficient info for evaluatioh.
basketball, appeared to glow & sesmed
to be climbing when it disappeara2d.
) ATIC FORM 329 (RE 25 3EP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980982