West Carrolton, OhioSeptember 1959

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Summary

On the evening of September 28, 1959, a witness in West Carrolton, Ohio saw a brilliant white object moving in a straight line toward the north across the sky. The object had no tail and resembled a very bright star. The witness observed it for about five seconds before it disappeared from view.

The Air Force investigator who reviewed the case noted in the file that the object was "apparently a meteor at extreme alt." (altitude). The official evaluation form checked the box for "Possibly Astronomical" as the conclusion, though the exact reasoning behind this determination does not appear to be detailed in the available pages of the file.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, 9 pages.

Reported location

West Carrolton, Ohio

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

OH / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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Aa La PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD RRC

: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

; O Wos Bolloon |

: 28 sep 59 West Carrolton, Ohio O Probably Bolloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
| bY pee od hE ee RR ACRES Q-Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Sa A ats
GMT 20/0541 7, 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 8; Was Astronomical jac

0 Yes O Probably Astronomical

i O:Ne : Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY TOthey ua baii fo dus a

: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation] |

X O Unknown
5 secs one Ji
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: White brilliant obj moving in a straight line Apparently a meteor at extreme alt.
to the North, No tall, Like a star only
very brilliant.
' ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984714