Troy, OhioJanuary 1961

Unidentified

Summary

On January 7, 1961, a resident of Troy, Ohio saw a bright, shiny white object in the sky around 1645 (4:45 p.m.). The object made no sound. The witness described it as similar to a high-flying jet, but the object had no wings. Its flight path was smooth, fast, and straight until it disappeared into clouds, leaving no vapor trail behind.

The Air Force questionnaire filled out by the witness contained some inconsistencies. When describing the object's position, the witness gave more than one elevation angle for when he first spotted it. The Air Force investigators noted that because many aircraft fly over the Troy area regularly, it would be impractical to determine which specific aircraft might have been in the sky at that exact time. The investigators suggested the object was possibly a high-flying aircraft, though they could not confirm which one.

The U.S. Air Force officially classified this sighting as unidentified. The case file, held by the National Archives, consists of 14 scanned pages.

Reported location

Troy, Ohio

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

OH / US

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 14

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ks CONCLUSIONS
a ’o Ws a 0 Was Balloon
7 Jan Ol Loy, 0110 3 Probobly Balloon
i sl cess —al 0) Pussilly Beltown
1. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
1645 y 3 Wos Aircraft
TPRDTESE A ACTION 1 Ground- Visual © Ground-Rodar 11 Probebly Aircraft
oMT.__ 0322457 Jan Al. 0 Air Visuol 0) Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Airerabt
1 “5. PHOTOS ea [> SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
1 Yes ! 0 Probably Astronomicol
; % No | Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION |e NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE DE ROC Re
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluction
2 nin one ENE -WNW 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright, shiny white ob- |1\. COMMENTSParts of the report zre incon-
ject, lilo sound heard. Similar to high-flying sistent, e.g., witness gave more than one
I Jet; however, it had no wings. Flight was elevation for the object when he [first
smooth, fast, and straigat. Disappeared into saw it. Witness possibly saw & high fly
clouds, lo vepor trail, ing a/c; however, due to large number of
| § afc flying in this area it is impracticllr tc
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I attempt to determine what a/c was in the
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990775