Uniontown, OhioAugust 1960

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On August 25, 1960, near Uniontown, Ohio, a local resident and three children watched two shiny, metallic objects in the afternoon sky. The objects appeared round and roughly the size of a half dollar, and they seemed to spin as they moved. The witness first spotted them in the southeast, and after one disappeared, another similar object appeared below it. From the side, both objects resembled spinning tops, thicker in the middle than at the edges. The two objects then vanished suddenly at the same time.

The sighting lasted about three minutes. The observer reported the incident to the Air Force by letter on August 31, 1960. In response, Air Force officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base requested that the witness and other observers complete a detailed questionnaire for analysis by the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center. The witness provided sketches and answers describing the objects as shiny discs with spinning motion, first seen toward the southeast.

In the official evaluation, the Air Force suggested the objects were probably high-flying aircraft reflecting sunlight, with atmospheric conditions creating the appearance of a spinning disc. No other explanation appears in the file.

The full case file, consisting of 18 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Uniontown, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

18 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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. | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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25 Aug 60 Uniontown, Chio B Probably Betton
. | 3 oATE-TimE GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ist Shi
; 1545 0 Woes Aiicraft
bE Local CG ———————— " A Ground Visuel O Ground-Roder X Probably Aircraft
3 : sae DIENBE a Air VYisuel O Air-Intercap? Rodor O Possibly Airerolt
! 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
0 Yes : O Probobly Astronomical
| #1 Ne Civilian y 0 Possibly Astronomicol
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© [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 | A round, shiny metallic object, size of half Probably high flying a/c with reflection |
1 15llar with spinning motion Pirst seen in SE; cf +he sun and atmospheric inconsistencis
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988477