Vandalia, OhioJune 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On June 20, 1957, in Vandalia, Ohio, an observer reported a round object slowly climbing northward to ATIC Command Post. The sighting was confirmed by a local U.S. weather bureau station. A woman reported seeing a balloon just north of Vandalia field moving slowly north with no other information obtained. ATIC released a balloon at 1:30 p.m. that slowly drifted north. According to Major R.C. Connair Jr., USAF Adjutant, the observation seems to be the probable explanation. The Air Force evaluation was Probably Balloon.

Reported location

Vandalia, Ohio

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

OH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 June 1957 | Vandalia, Ohio | [] Unidentified
 | | [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [] Possibly Balloon
Local 1335 EST | [X] Ground-Visual | [] Was Aircraft
GMT 20/23352 | [] Air-Visual | [] Probably Aircraft
 | [] Ground-Radar | [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | [] Air-Intercept Radar | [] Was Astronomical
[] Yes | | [] Probably Astronomical
[X] No | 6. SOURCE | [] Possibly Astronomical
 | Civilian | [] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | | [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [] Unknown
 | one | North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Observer called ATIC Command Post | Confirmed by local U.S. local
reporting round object slowly climb- | weather bureau station, who
ing in Northward direction. | stated that balloon launched
 | just five minutes before observed
 | by source.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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