S of Sandusky, OhioFebruary 1959

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On February 2, 1959, two civilians driving on the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was about 6 p.m. local time (1100Z). The witnesses were a university professor and his wife, and they watched for about six minutes.

They first saw one yellow toward orange speck on the western horizon. It grew larger as they drove toward it and headed due south, leaving a decided yellow tail that was very straight and bright. The tail later dispersed like the trail stream of a jet. The object had an upper part shaped like the top of a sphere and a lower part that was rather flat. The witnesses also saw a conventional aircraft going the other way and closer to them than the object. The information was passed along by the FBI.

The Air Force concluded the object was probably aircraft. The record card said the flight path and duration were typical of a high altitude jet, and that the witnesses probably saw a contrail with sunlight reflecting from it.

Reported location

S of Sandusky, Ohio

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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1 gE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
| | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
nT a af Sandus Ohio QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION NO Wh
O Was Aircraft
: LOM re ——— XGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar XX Probably Aircraft |
GMT 11007, 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
8,Ne ~iyild OD Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CB REEEISETe—— i
Li. Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Q Unknown
1 S
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS g
Yellow toward orange speck. Speck grew Description is typical of any
1 larger as they drove toward it leaving obj that is in the sky during the
a decided yellow tail very straight and time of dey reported. The flight
| bright which dispersed in time like the path and duration is typical of a
| tail stream of a Jet. Obj had an upper high altitude jet aircraft. It is
part mich like the top 8¢ = shere, while the opinion of this analyst that
the lower part was rather level or flat. the observers probably saw an a/c
and the yellow trail --a contrail
| | | with sun reflecting from it.
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