Tipp City, OhioMay 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of May 29, 1952, around 11:00 p.m. Eastern time, two Air Force officers watched the sky over Tipp City, Ohio, through a 6-inch telescope. One officer, a physicist, and a major saw an object that looked like a faint star, similar to a second magnitude star. It moved about 30 degrees across the sky, from near one star to another, in 10 to 15 seconds.

About a half hour later they saw the same or a similar object move from north to south between the same two stars, again for 10 to 15 seconds. Through 10-power glasses it appeared to show a steady green light on one side and a red light on the other, with no blinking and no sound. In both cases the light faded out.

The Air Force record for unidentified flying object reports, Project 10073, lists the conclusion for this case as astronomical. The card describes the objects as star or planet-like, and suggests the second object may have been a high-flying jet.

Reported location

Tipp City, Ohio

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING in msi he ee Sa SE 3
Second object possibly high jet. First Seen twice--second time through 10
object may also have been #/C, Possible power glasses, Could see steady red

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28942374