West Alexandria, OhioJanuary 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the morning of January 9, 1960, a civilian in West Alexandria, Ohio, saw a bright light in the southeast at about 6:00 a.m. The witness watched it for about 25 minutes, until roughly 6:35 a.m.

The person at first thought it was a star but said it moved around. The light was at about 130 degrees azimuth on a cheap compass. No other details were given.

The Air Force sent questionnaires for more information, but they were not returned. The record card says the object was probably a star, but without the additional information no evaluation could be made. The case is listed as insufficient data. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

West Alexandria, Ohio

Date of incident

January 1960

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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¥ Sit Gis PRIA 40 EY FATTER PNA #2 MORTAR VAT 2) Ve Mme
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
ere RE ATION. LR a RE er
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
¢ ; : g 1 Was Balloon
A CI EE SE Alexandria, 0nio SEAL | Probably Beligen
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 7 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Belloon
iss SI RYT . & > rn Wos Aircraft
Local Ground Visual jn Ground Rodar n Probably Aircraft
; GMT {09 /1 1007 2 K 8] Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep!t Rader 0 Posuibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 3 Wos Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
x No civilian ; en 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ¥- COURSE ARR 2 rrp
x Xinsvificient Dato for Evaluation
. 4 : ; Og Unknown
25 minutes one gn gtationar¥l
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Bright light in gg at 130 adgr azimatho Questionnaires sent but not
| Thought to be a star but it moved returned. Object was probably
around. : a star; however, without the
additional information requested,
: no evaluation can be made
|
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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