SE Ohio, June 1959June 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 1, 1959, near Ohio, two airplanes noticed balls of fire traveling at about 600 miles per hour. One plane was 1300 feet northeast of Clinton County Homer Radio, and the other was about 6 miles west of Washington Courthouse. The sighting lasted an unspecified duration. Two separate sightings of similar objects were described almost identically. No follow-up information was received. No information was given about flight direction, movement, or other characteristics of the flight. The Air Force concluded the date was insufficient for evaluation.

Reported location

SE Ohio, June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
Jun 50 [illegible]

2. LOCATION
[illegible] Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible] at 2300
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual    Ground-Radar
Air Visual    Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
not given

9. COURSE
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two airplanes noticed balls of fire traveling. Two separate sightings of same about 600 mph.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_______
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
obj. Described almost identically. No follow-up info received. No info as to flight direction alt movement or other characteristics of flight given. Insufficient data upon which to base conclusion.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983587