Quincy, OhioDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 11, 1957, a witness near Quincy, Ohio reported one oval yellowish-orange object about the size of a cigar. The object moved from southeast to northwest. It stayed in view for about 40 seconds. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card states that officers concurred with the reporting officer that this was probably an aircraft.

Reported location

Quincy, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
l. DATE ‘ 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Wos Bolloon
11 December 1957 Quincy, Ohio DO Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 7. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
| [| RRR a Pe SR SRA GR XIX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar IRL og
cMt__11/0618Z2 0 AirVisvol DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS o : 0 Was Astronomical
i 8 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (Jo) {1 © eV No RR
| 9 iauificlen Dota for Evaluation
40 seconds one SE to NW /
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;

i One oval yellowish orange object Concur with Reporting Officer
the size of a cigar. Object was seen that this was probably am alc, -
moving SE to NW and was in sight for
40 seconds,

No report infile, |
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976013