Waynesville, OhioDecember 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 12, 1960, near Waynesville, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing a moving light in the sky around 1 p.m. local time. The object appeared to move from east to south to west to nearly overhead. After emitting a bright glow, the light disappeared. The witness thought the light resembled an aircraft landing light but felt the distance to any air facility was too great for this to be true. Captain George G. Van John, a USAF staff duty officer, investigated the report and suspected it was an aircraft landing light. He indicated the observer might be contacted for more information. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Waynesville, Ohio

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 12 Dec 60
2. LOCATION: Waynesville, Ohio
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1305, GMT 19/2352
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkbox] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes, No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1-2 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: varied

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Object appeared to move from E to S to W to nearly overhead. After giving off a bright glow, the light disappeared. Witness thought light looked like an a/c landing light but felt the distance to any air facility too great for this to be true.

11. COMMENTS:
The description and course of this object tend to indicate that the object was probably an a/c. The fact that many a/c with test configurations fly from WPAFB tends to support this possibility.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990447