WRIGHT-PATTERSON, OHIOJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 25, 1954, at 9:00 a.m., a civilian in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio reported seeing an unidentified object. The object was circular, silver-white in color with a black center, and as bright as the full moon or brighter. It was three to four times the size of the moon during a lunar eclipse. The object started at the zenith and traveled northwest for about 10 degrees before disappearing. The observation lasted five seconds. The object moved in a straight line with unknown speed and altitude. It left a trail behind it that resembled a jet vapor trail during daytime. The Air Force found insufficient data for evaluation and suggested the sighting might be a meteor or possibly a jet with afterburner.

Reported location

WRIGHT-PATTERSON, OHIO

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 25 July 1954
2. LOCATION: WRIGHT-PATTERSON, OHIO [additional text partially illegible]
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0900, GMT 25/1400Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 Seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object same-radius of full moon. Shape was circular. Speed unknown, altitude unknown. Maneuver pattern was straight line. Color silver-white with black center. 3 to 4 times as bright as the moon. The object started at the zenith and traveled to the NW for about 10 deg then disappeared. Left trail behind.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data for analysis. Distance travel not included. Possible meteor, possible jet with afterburner.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                 [X] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959099