Westlake, OhioAugust 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On August 2, 1954, a civilian witness at Westlake, Ohio, reported an object in the sky at about 5:17 p.m. The sighting lasted about 20 seconds. The object was elliptical and about the apparent size of a shirt button. It looked very bright, like highly polished metal, and very clear.

The object hovered at about 5,000 feet for five to eight seconds, then dropped suddenly to about 2,000 feet in three seconds. It remained there for about 10 seconds, then faded from sight. The witness estimated it was about six miles away and said it dropped like a free fall.

The witness was an amateur astronomer and a former Air Force gunner with training in aircraft identification. He said it was not connected with any heavenly phenomena. The Air Force record card listed this case as unidentified.

Reported location

Westlake, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
] O Was Balloon i
2 August 1954 Westlake, Ohio O Probably Balloon
EE ot Corde A TT Cer TNA PD TPN eH PRE ERA AC mend AY Thr SEU SRE ON LL . }
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Blo, Gossitly Belleon |
se 10 Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar ST ue
GMT 72 | O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5.. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
«8 Ne Civ (Fo Mi ; oe O Porn wD oomonies
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other UNIDENTIFIED _ |
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation i
20 Seconds 1 Fall a. iknow |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS f
Object size was 50 seconds of arc, elliptical], UNIDENTIFIED §
Bright clear appearance hovered at 5000 for
5-8 seconds dropped sunddenly to 2000 in 3 fa
seconds and remained in this position for 10 |
seconds and disappeared by fading, ZIZstimated |
distance 6 mi, dropped like free fall,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959241