West Manchester, OhioApril 1962

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Summary

In April 1962, a report from West Manchester, Ohio, concerned a physical object turned in to the Air Force. The report was submitted in September, after the decay of the Sputnik IV satellite. The witness claimed the object glowed red until it was between 100 and 200 feet from the ground. The Air Force had the object analyzed. It was found to be ordinary granite, with no sign that it had been subjected to heat. The record card concluded the object was not a meteor.

Reported location

West Manchester, Ohio

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

OH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | 2 7 |
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DATE 2. LOCATION | 5 9n CONCLUSIONS vo
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April 1962 West Manchester, Ohio t+ | Probably Eglicon :
A Bree Ey reed ee -*=—1 07 Possibly Balloon ! !
3, DATE-TIME GRCUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : : |
2130 re i ET 0 Was Aircraft :
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THREES 1 Basen HX Ground-Vi sual Q Ground-Redadt 2 10° Probably Afrelolt i
§ bite : :
21 BARE | 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar Be Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS i SOURCE EE ER Was Astronomical
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O Yes Phy sical HE [0 Probably Astronomical | :
XE Ne Specimen | Civilian St _ Fossitly Astenen) es *
7. LENGTH OF O35ZRVATION 2. NUMBER OF 03JECTS | 9. COURSE TAB Orherllranite rock/hohx
| 15 Insufficient Data for Evaluation'|
| R \ 0 Unknown
not reported | one | fell to ground on
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING [11. COMMENTS EEE a
Object submitted in September subse- Object not meteor. Consists of
.quent to decay of Sputnik IV, Witness | ordinary granite, No indication
claimed object was glowing red until of subjection to heat as indicated
it was between 100-200 ft from ground.| If object was observed it was not
Object then fell to ground. Object was| the rock submitted. Physical
Fosovered within minutes and was still Specimen, rock of terrvestial origih.
not with the center portion gl owing Sighting evaluated as an obv Lous
red, Believed to bs meteorite, Stored hoax
in garage until Sputnik decay made newk.
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